Cruel Intentions is a 1999 American drama film starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, and Selma Blair. The film is an adaptation of Les Liaisons dangereuses, written by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos in 1782 but set among wealthy teenagers attending high school in modern New York City. The film started as an independent film with a small budget, and was later picked up by Columbia Pictures. It was released on March 5, 1999 and was followed by two direct-to-video films: a prequel, Cruel Intentions 2, and a sequel, Cruel Intentions 3. The wealthy and popular Kathryn... Merteuil takes the sheltered and naïve Cecile Caldwell under her wing, promising to turn Cecile into a model student. Kathryn's real intention, however, is to use Cecile to indirectly take revenge on Court Reynolds, her ex-lover, who had dumped her for Cecile. Kathryn asks her step-brother, Sebastian Valmont to seduce Cecile; he refuses as he is planning to seduce virgin Annette Hargrove - a 'paradigm of chastity and virtue' and spoil her social reputation.
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| Release date: | March 5, 1999 |
| Directed by: | Roger Kumble |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 97 Minutes |
| Producer: | Neal H. Moritz |
| Editor: | Jeff Freeman |
| Music by: | Edward Shearmur |
| Cinematography: | Theo Van de Sande |
| Screenplay by: | Roger Kumble |
| Estimated budget: | $11,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Les Liaisons dangereuses |
| Genre: | Thriller |