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Sleeping with the Enemy

Year:

1991

Duration:

99 min

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.1

Director:

Joseph Ruben

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1991-02-08

Filming Locations: Abbeville, South Carolina, USA

Earnings

Budget: $19,000,000

Gross: $101,599,005 (USA)$73,400,000 (Worldwide)

Cast

Actor

Character

Kyle Secor

Sleeping with the Enemy

Julia Roberts

Laura Burney

Patrick Bergin

Martin Burney

Kevin Anderson

Ben Woodward

Elizabeth Lawrence

Chloe Williams

Claudette Nevins

Dr. Rissner

Tony Abatemarco

Locke

Marita Geraghty

Julie

Harley Venton

Garber

Nancy Fish

Woman on Bus

Sandi Shackelford

Edna

Bonnie Johnson

Mrs. Nepper

Graham Harrington

Minister

John Ward

Theater Student

Sharon J. Robinson

Sharon (the Nurse)

John Lindley

(uncredited)

Patt Noday

Amusement Park Guy #2

Ron Reedy

Doctor

Did you know?

Trivia

Julia Roberts caused a controversy after she left Abbeville, South Carolina, where the film shot some location work. She said the place was "a living hell" and a "horribly racist" town and she would never return there.

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Upon its release,it ended the three-month reign of Home Alone atop the box office.

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Features haunting music from Hector Berlioz' "Symphonie Fantastique".

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Goofs

The cut/bruise on Laura's head comes and goes. After she is hit by Martin leaving a nasty abrasion on the left side of her forehead, he leaves to go to town after telling her they will sail that night. She goes outside to break the lantern, and the wind blows her hair off her forehead - no bruise. Later that night, she has her hair back in a braid, before they get on the boat - no bruise. Then, when she meets Ben a couple days later, she flips her hair off to one side and he sees the bruise. The very next day (or soon after) she has her hair back again with Ben, no bruise.

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When Laura is on the bus to Iowa, a woman on the bus offers her a green apple. The woman is eating one as well. The apple that the woman is eating goes from barely eaten to almost completely gone from scene to scene.

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When she arrives in Iowa on the bus, you see a South Carolina highway sign (S.C. 28) reflected in the window of the bus as Julia Roberts is looking out the window.

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Quotes

Laura: That was the night that I died, and someone else was saved. Someone who was afraid of water, but learned to swim. Someone who knew there would be one moment, where he wouldn't be watching. Someone who knew that the darkness of the broken lights would show the way.

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Martin: I can't live without you. And I won't let you live without me.

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Martin: You sneaked off inexplicably, need I remind you how I worried?

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Faq

How does Martin learn that Laura isn't really dead?

Sometime after the funeral, Martin got a call at his office in Boston from someone offering condolences. She mentions that Laura took swimming lessons with her at the YWCA. At first, Martin thought that it must be a mistake because, as far as he knew, Laura did not know how to swim. Then he drives to the beach house, goes through all her personal records, and notices her wedding ring at the bottom of the toilet. That's when he knows for sure. It's different in the book. The people at the Y don't have her telephone number or even her real name. A woman from the Y sees a photo from her wedding and an article about her death in a newspaper, runs into Martin in a supermarket, recognizes him, and lets it slip that his wife had learned to swim.

Is "Sleeping with the Enemy" based on a book?

Yes. Sleeping with the Enemy is a 1987 novel by Nancy Price.

How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?

For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for Sleeping with the Enemy can be found here.

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