| Disclosure | | Cast : | Michael Douglas, Demi Moore | | Director : | Barry Levinson | | Studio : | Warner Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | December 09, 1994 | | DVD Released Date : | February 08, 2005 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
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| Rating |  | | Date | July 20, 2005 | | Summary | The First Celluloid Attack on Political Correctness. | Content
 | Disclosure is the first movie I remember questioning the monolithic "men are a bunch of b-stards" worldview which has been propagated by our media, our universities, and society as a whole since our institutions have been contaminated by the radicals of the 1960s. It also marked the first time that email was an intrinsic part of a storyline or that it was even used in film. Back in 1994, it must have appeared twice as cold and impersonal as it does today.
The story's theme is foreshadowed by the words of a "surplused" or laid-off older worker in the very beginning. Michael Douglas knows him from their joint commutes upon a Seattle ferry. He warns that "we used to have fun with girls, now they want our jobs." Soon after, we are introduced to Demi Moore's character, whose desire is exactly that. She alludes to the future when she sees Douglas waiting for the elevator and asks, "Going down?" He certainly is.
The real landscape of Disclosure is not Seattle or the corporate world; the action takes place within society's battle of the sexes, a battle that never should have never been faught at all. There is no reason why relations between the sexes has to be cut-throat or adversarial. We were made to be complementary to another and that is how our interactions should have remained, yet the western world allowed some of the worst arguments about human behavior ever blathered to be accepted as the truth.
Our courts, legislators, academics, and even Presidents have given recognition to bogus concepts like "the patriarchy" and that heterosexual intercourse demeans women. In fact, sex often achieves the exactly opposite result. It turns women into mothers who then perpetuate our species. The rise of womyns' studies programs and the legitimacy given to the hysterical denunciation of 49 percent of the population illustrates well the old saying that all it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, and that is precisely what the mass of men have done in regards to radical feminism. Instead of standing up for themselves and their brothers, they extended chivalry to those who were women in name only, and had no investment in the lives the majority of the earth's women live. To supine before those who desire your destruction is suicide, and the exploitation of men like the one played by Michael Douglas here will occur again and again until the ominous hate-spewed cloud of radical feminism is blown from our shores.
God bless you, Michael Crichton and Barry Levinson for calling attention to this heinous state of affairs at such an early date.
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| Rating | | | Date | July 19, 2005 | | Summary | Seducing Bill Gates | Content
| Apart from its smarts as a thriller, "Disclosure" also is the first major film to tackle a then (1994) touchy theme, sexual harrassment. There are no car chases, explosions or fistfights, in fact no violence at all unless you count a woman's attempt to rape a man. After initial surprise, the hero's wife actually supports her husband (a movie first?) And at a sedate staff meeting (an unlikely climax), the good guy wins using superior intelligence instead of force. Not many movies go against the grain of the genre and remain as thrilling as this one.
Like the Michael Crichton novel, "Disclosure" reverses even the sexual harrassment. A man (Michael Douglas) is the victim of a woman (Demi Moore) who has become his boss at a computer company. It's a provocative premise if you don't examine her motives as closely as Crichton's book did. Like the seductresses in "Basic Instinct" and "Fatal Attraction," Moore wants his body, then his life. Because he plays this role so often and so well, Douglas has become typecast as a sexual object. I guess there are worse fates awaiting actors his age.
With the exception of Moore, who is much too obvious, it has excellent actors, among them Donald Sutherland and Dennis Miller (in hs pre-comic days.) It takes full advantage of the Seattle settings and a multi-level office complex of steel, glass and stairs that workers might well cross a picket line to enter. ILM has concocted some computer and virtual reality effects that provide added dimension. Not that "Disclosure" needs any that its script does not already supply. It's unusual for a Hollywood thriller to thrill us with ideas. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 02, 2005 | | Summary | Good movie | Content
| A movie that made my heart skip a few beats. However,I'm 20 now but had I been 20 in the summer of 1994 and watched this film in a theater then I would have definitely liked it more.I think the acting is decent and it's fun to see a lot of troubles in a man's life.I was a bit hesitant to see this movie cause I saw an Indian remake of this film and quite liked it. I expected the story to be the same but it was more than a bit different and left me gasping for breath more than two occasions.
Watch it on HBO. Avoid buying.
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| Rating | | | Date | May 12, 2005 | | Summary | Sex Is Power! | Content
| I saw this movie for the first time just last year, and I thought it was everything it was going to be. It was like a good trilogy to Fatal Attraction, Basic Instinct... ladies of seduction and power, all Douglas movies of course.
I was a little hazy about the director. However Barry Levinson is a well proven director in all genres. Directing such great movies as Rainman (Dustin Hoffman), Toys(Robin Williams), Sleepers(Brad Pitt), Bandits(Bruce Willis), and Envy(Ben Stiller).
The story is simply about Michael Douglas as your good working business husband who is easily seduced by his powerful boss Demi Moore. Demi Moore has had success in nearly all of her movies she has chosen to do such as Ghost(Patrick Swayze) and A Few Good Men(Tom Cruise). The relationship between both actors is very convincing, and believable for any commited adultry act. Donald Sutherland is another excellent throw in to the cast, best known I think for his role in The Invasion Of The Body Snatchers.
I would never compare a movie to a book, I seriously know that the book is 99% of the time better. I just know the actors, the suspense, and the realism Disclosure has to offer is all there.
I still would say to rent this first, but I'd definitely watch it if I hadn't seen it. I could name a few things that the movie could've had more of, even little things like better action and a big twist. Though I can't name one thing this movie doesn't offer, it had the whole package of a successful tale. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 21, 2005 | | Summary | "Why Don't You Just Lay Back and Let Me Be the Boss..." | Content
| "Disclosure" is a highly suspenseful, high-tech thriller, which tries to get us to think a little about office politics and the balance of power between the sexes in the workplace. In the film we meet Tom Sanders (Michael Douglas), who feels like he's on top of the world. He's head of manufacturing for a high-tech, electronics corporation, which is about to be bought out in a merger. Everyone at the company with stock options is expecting to become very wealthy from the deal. On top of all this, Tom is fully expecting to be made head of the devision. Well, reality can sometimes be brutal. Tom dosn't get his promotion. Instead it goes to Meredith Johnson (Demi Moore) an attractive, female business executive (and an old flame of Tom's), who can help the company with the merger. At a late night meeting Meredith demands sex from Tom and practically rapes him in her office. To make matters worse, Meredith then goes and slaps Tom with a sexual harrassment suit. It becomes obvious to Tom, that Meredith and the big bosses in Corporate are plotting to get rid of him. He must use all his wits and skills to save both his job and reputation. This is suspenseful film in which Barry Levinson's direction and Paul Attanasio's taunt script (based on a Michael Crichton novel) leaves us on the edge of our seats. The film shows us how our hero is slowly being sacrificed by an almost mechanical use of office politics all in the name of the almighty dollar. The film also looks at the balance of power between the sexes. In the film we are told that sexual harrasment isn't about sex, but power. It puts forth some interesting questions about, what happens when sexual harrasment occurs, but it is the female, who is the agressor and the male is the victim. Does society hold a double standard? Does "no" mean no when a man says it. Do females, who hold power in the work place, have the same rights to abuse their power as their male counter parts? My favorite scene in the film is where in a legal mediation the Meredith character incredulously argues this very point as an excuse for her actions. The look exchanged between the mediator and the corporation's lawyer is priceless! Besides the wonderful direction and script, there is also a top notch cast. Michael Douglas gives a great proformance as the hard working manager, who suddenly finds his happy world turned upside down by office politics at their worst. Demi Moore is equally good as Meredith, a female corporate shark, who exudes both power and sex appeal at the the same time. Her two-faced lies and underhanded dealings are so well perpetuated, that she just is a villainess, that we love to hate! Donald Sutherland also gives a great performance as the slimey CEO of the company, who is really pulling all the strings in this drama. Finally, I want to mention Joseph Hodges' amazing set design for this movie. The ultra-modern office building, where most of the movie's action takes place is made of glass and steel, greatly contributing to an atmosphere of coldness and tension. This set piece allows all the characters to observe each other from a distance. It gives the film an almost "Rear Window" feeling of spying eyes. "Disclosure" is a wonderful suspense film, which actually has something to say about our society! Highly recommended! |
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