BASIC INSTINCT LOCATION
The 1992 film Basic Instinct turned little-known actress Sharon Stone into a global celebrity almost overnight, partly for her acting skills but also for that infamous interview scene.
Basic Instinct made headlines for other reasons, too. The twisted story of a police detective played by Michael Douglas who has a torrid affair with the prime suspect of his own murder investigation – played by Stone – was criticised for its violence and graphic sex scenes.
Despite the disapproval, the film went on to be a commercial hit and raked in $352.9m in box office sales and won Academy and Golden Globe Award nominations.
The film was shot in California including at a beachside house on Spendthrift Road in Carmel-by-Sea, which is 120 miles down the coast from San Francisco.
The property was used to portray the home of Stone’s character, Catherine Tramell.
The 12,000 sq ft residence has five bedrooms, nine bathrooms, 12 fireplaces and two kitchens plus two acres of lushly planted tropical gardens with pools, a spa, grotto and extraordinary views over the local coastline.
It is also the former home of doomed aviator, balloonist and adventurer Steve Fossett, who disappeared in 2007 while flying his plane over a desert on the border of California and Nevada.
The listing agent is Tim Allen of Tim Allen Properties, Coldwell Banker in Carmel, California (+1 831 214 1990) or TopTenRealEstateDeals.com. It’s for sale at $16.995 million.