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Controversy enveloped
the filming of Basic Instinct in San Francisco in the early 1990s.
Activists were outraged by the ultimate Hollywood lesbian stereotype, the
ice pick wielding murderess played by Sharon Stone. Demonstrators picketed
locations around town and circulated flyers when a gay publisher and bar
owner rented his Rawhide II tavern to production
company Carolco for scenes from the movie. The beautiful home of Stone's
character, Catherine Trammell, is 2930 Vallejo
Street in Pacific Heights. The cop hangout is Tosca
Cafe, 242 Columbus Avenue. Just ten years later, Stone was an international
superstar, Hollywood's portrayal of sexual minorities had improved big time,
a sequel to Basic Instinct - which plays as a historical piece
at the Castro Theatre - had fallen apart in development, and
Sentinel newspaper publisher Ray Chalker
was out of business. Michael Douglas co-stars in this 1992 release directed
by Paul Verhoeven.
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Production
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Instinct 2, set in London and starring Sharon Stone, was underway
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