The Basic Instinct movie-set house in Carmel-by-the-Sea where Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone hooked up in the 1992 thriller is for sale at $16.995 million.  This was Sharon Stone?s breakthrough film as mysterious, homicidal author Catherine Tramell leading San Francisco police detective Nick Curran (Michael Douglas) in a cat-and-mouse game of sex, violence and pretty scenery. And, of course, Stone?s infamous crossed-legs scene that had never been so brashly done in the film world and is still talked about today.  Hard to tell if the $352.9 million in box office sales were totally related to the virtues of the film itself or from repeat moviegoers waiting to see Sharon cross her legs again. 

Widely recognized as one of Hollywood?s memorable movies of the early 1990s with multiple Academy and Golden Globe Award nominations, also getting rave reviews was the California contemporary home where parts of the film were shot. It later became adventurer Steve Fossett?s home, added to his collection of homes in Colorado and Chicago.  Having broken over a hundred records in air and ocean sailing speeds and distances, Steve went missing on Labor Day 2007 while on a routine private solo flight over the Nevada-California border.
New on the market, the Basic Instinct home on the craggy shores of the Pacific, is just as beguiling as Sharon Stone has been through the years featuring good looks, stunning interior and sweeping ocean views from almost every crook and cr...