DISCLOSURE (1994)

THE FILM

FILM DIRECTOR: Barry Levinson

SCREENWRITER: Paul Attanasio

FILM STARS: Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, Donald Sutherland, Caroline Goodall, Roma Maffia

COUNTRY: USA

THIS BOOK

AUTHOR: Michael Crichton

TYPE: Novel

PUBLISHER: Arrow

THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: 1994

COUNTRY: Australia

COVER: Paperback

THE ORIGINAL BOOK

ORIGINAL AUTHOR: As Above

YEAR FIRST PUBLISHED: 1994

ORIGINAL BOOK TITLE: The film title

NOTES

GENRE: Drama, Thriller

WORDS: Like all Michael Crichton novels this is easily readable but with a little more going on than others similar in type. Oddly, despite being set in a computer company, this novel is a little less scientific than his other “thrillers” (“The Andromeda Strain”, “The Terminal Man”, “Jurassic Park”, “Prey”, “State of Fear” etc). The central theme is sexual harassment in the workplace but with a male employee sexually harassed by a female executive. Not surprisingly it was called anti-feminist. He wrote it (apparently) in 1994 and it was snapped up quickly for a movie deal as he was riding high with the films “Jurassic Park” (1990), “Rising Sun” (1992), based on his novels.

I don’t recall much about the film though it stars Michael Douglas (and Demi Moore) and was made immediately after Douglas’ “comeback” with “Basic Instinct” (1992) and “Falling Down” (1993). Him, having been in the former, which with its aggressive female antagonist, was labelled homophobic and anti female, only added to the notoriety of “Disclosure”. Regardless , it should have been better (maybe recent events will make it look better) being directed by Barry Levinson who is always slick.

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