Book Vs Movie "Dangerous Liaisons" (1988) Glenn Close & John Malkovich

<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Book Vs Movie: “Dangerous Liaisons”</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>The 1782 Novel Vs the 1985 Play & the 1988 Movie </strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/60822/p11335_p_v8_ag.jpg" alt="" width="206" height="305" /></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Margos get a little sexy and wicked with this 1782 “</span><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertine_novel"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">libertine novel</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">” from</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Choderlos_de_Laclos"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Pierre Chodlerlos de Laclos</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, a French writer and Army General who ten years before the French Revolution published four volumes of “</span><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Liaisons_dangereuses"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Les Liaisons dangereuses</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">” about a pair of manipulative rivals in the bourgeoisie. Marquise de Merteuill and her past lover/frenemy Vicomte de Valmont compete via letters to seduce others just for the fun of it. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">They include lonely wife Madame de Tourvel, innocent Cécile de Volanges, and her suitor Le Chevalier Danceny who are all caught up in the web of seduction, lies, and all are caught up in the tragedy. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The story has been adapted many times as a movie, play, opera, and ballet. The 1988</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stephen Frears</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">film is the first American/English language production and features</span> <a href= "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000518/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">John Malkovich</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">and</span> <a href= "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000335/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Glenn Close<