Temptation (1993 film)

Temptation is a 1993 American neo-noir thriller film directed by Carl Andy, his first after a 3 year hiatus from filmmaking, and starring Julia Roberts, Nick Nolte, John Turturro and Dabney Coleman. A modernized adaptation of Robert Smythe Hichen's 1909 novel Bella Donna and the fifth adaptation of the novel following one in 1915, 1923, 1934 and 1946 which was also titled Temptation.

Produced by Carolco Pictures and released by TriStar Pictures, Temptation was released to mostly positive reviews, but wasn't succesful. However it has since become regarded as one of the better of Andy's post-Astro Boy releases.

Plot
Set in Egypt, where a down-on-her-luck street walker (Roberts) snares a loving but naive Egyptologist (Nolte), marries him and moves to Egypt. She quickly becomes bored and embarks on an affair with Mamhoud Baroudi (Turturro). She falls in love with him, and together, they plot to do away with her husband.

Production
TBA

Home Media
The film was released on VHS by LIVE Entertainment along with a Laserdisc by Pioneer which included a behind the scenes featurette. a barebones DVD followed in 1999 by Artisan.

In 2022, Kino Lorber released the film on Blu-ray for the first time with a new 4K master, containing the behind the scenes featurette and a commentary by historian/critic Peter Tonguette.