Body of Evidence
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BODY OF EVIDENCE

January 15, 1993

Directed by Uli Edel
Madonna as Rebecca Carlson

An act of love or an act of murder.

Released in early 1993, Body of Evidence arrived at a time when Madonna was under intense public scrutiny. Following the release of her Sex book and Erotica album, she was the focus of media backlash, and the film became an easy target. But beneath the controversy lies a stylish, moody thriller with a confident performance from Madonna at its core. As Rebecca Carlson, she plays a woman in control of her image and her power—challenging expectations in a role that sparked conversation well beyond the screen. Her performance earned her a nomination for Most Desirable Female at the 1993 MTV Movie Awards. Body of Evidence remains a striking example of how celebrity, sexuality, and cinema collided in the early ’90s.

BODY OF EVIDENCE

Grammy® and Golden Globe® winner Madonna stars with Oscar® nominees* Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer and Julianne Moore in this “bold, shocking and titillating” (“Entertainment Tonight Radio”) erotic thriller. Rebecca Carlson (Madonna) is a powerful woman. Intelligent, successful and breathtakingly beautiful, she can bring almost any man to his knees. And that’s exactly where she wants them. But when a night of sexual abandon ends in the death of a prominent businessman, Rebecca finds herself on trial for murder. Now it’s up to her attorney (Dafoe) to prove her innocence…but when he becomes entangled in her web of erotic game-playing, his body of evidence begins to contain as many curves as his client. *Dafoe: Supporting Actor, Shadow of the Vampire (2000); Platoon (1986); Archer: Supporting Actress, Fatal Attraction (1987); Moore: Actress, The End of the Affair (1999); Supporting Actress, Boogie Nights (1997); Supporting Actress, The Hours (2002); Actress, Far From Heaven (2002)