What is 9½ Weeks?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox movie | name = 9½ Weeks | image = | caption = | director = [[Adrian Lyne]] | producer = [[Mark Damon]]<br>[[Sidney Kimmel]]<br>[[Zalman King]]<br>Antony Rufus-Isaacs | screenplay = [[Sarah Kernochan]]<br>Zalman King<br>Patricia Louisanna Knop | story = ''9½ Weeks'' by [[Elizabeth McNeill]] | starring = [[Mickey Rourke]]<br>[[Kim Basinger]] | music = [[Jack Nitzsche]] | cinematography = [[Peter Biziou]] | editing = Caroline Biggerstaff<br>[[Ed Hansen]]<br>Tom Rolf<br>Mark Winitsky | distributor = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] | studio = [[Producers Sales Organization]] | released = February 20, 1986 | runtime = 112 minutes (Theatrical)<br>117 minutes (Video) | country = [[United States]] | language = English | budget = [[United States dollar|$]]17 [[million]] | gross = $106,734,844 }} '''''9½ Weeks''''' is a 1986 American [[erotic movie|erotic]] [[romance movie|romantic]] [[drama movie]]. It was [[movie director|directed]] by [[Adrian Lyne]] and it was [[movie producer|produced]] by [[Mark Damon]], [[Sidney Kimmel]], [[Zalman King]], and Antony Rufus-Isaacs. It was released on February 20, 1986. It is based on the [[Ingeborg Day|Elizabeth McNeill]] [[memoir]] of the same name. The movie is about a [[New York City]] [[art gallery]] employee who has an [[affair]] with a [[Wall Street]] [[broker]]. ==Reviews== The movie got mixed and negative [[review]]s from [[critic]]s. 1,000 people attended a preview screening of the movie and everybody except 40 people walked out. 35 of the 40 people who filled out cards said that they really did not like it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/09/arts/television/zalman-king-creator-of-soft-core-films-dies-at-70.html?hpw|access-date=September 30, 2015|title=Zalman King, Creator of Soft-Core Films, Dies at 70|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> It has a 64% rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ro