
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
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- R
- 1h 40min
- Drama
- 22 Sep 1989 (USA)
- Movie
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 15 wins & 23 nominations.
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Cast verified as complete
James Spader | ... |
Graham
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Andie MacDowell | ... |
Ann
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Peter Gallagher | ... |
John
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Laura San Giacomo | ... |
Cynthia
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Ron Vawter | ... |
Therapist
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Steven Brill | ... |
Barfly
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Alexandra Root | ... |
Girl on Tape
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Earl T. Taylor | ... |
Landlord
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David Foil | ... |
John's Colleague
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Directed by
Steven Soderbergh |
Written by
Steven Soderbergh | ... | (written by) |
Produced by
John Hardy | ... | producer (produced by) |
Morgan Mason | ... | executive producer |
Robert F. Newmyer | ... | producer (produced by) (as Robert Newmyer) |
Nancy Tenenbaum | ... | executive producer |
Nick Wechsler | ... | executive producer |
Music by
Cliff Martinez | ... | (music by) |
Cinematography by
Walt Lloyd | ... | (photographed by) |
Editing by
Steven Soderbergh | ... | picture editor |
Editorial Department
Scott Hill | ... | negative cutter |
Dan Muscarella | ... | color timer |
Steve New | ... | negative cutter |
Richard Garibaldi | ... | home video mastering colorist (uncredited) |
Casting By
Deborah Aquila | ... | (casting by) |
Art Direction by
Joanne Schmidt |
Set Decoration by
Victoria Spader |
Makeup Department
Sabrina Lopez | ... | hair stylist |
James Ryder | ... | makeup artist |
Amanda Schuler | ... | hair stylist |
Kim Pease | ... | makeup trainee (uncredited) |
Production Management
John Hardy | ... | unit production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mike Dempsey | ... | first assistant director (as Michael Dempsey) |
Alexandra Root | ... | second assistant director |
Art Department
Bonnie Amos | ... | artwork |
Amy Archinal | ... | artwork |
Bill Cancienne | ... | swing crew chief |
Aaron Glascock | ... | property master |
Sound Department
Vanessa Theme Ament | ... | foley artist (as Vanessa Ament) |
Larry Blake | ... | sound editor / sound re-recordist |
Scott Chandler | ... | foley recordist |
David W. Gray | ... | stereo sound consultant: Dolby |
Paul Ledford | ... | production sound mixer |
David E. Stone | ... | foley editor (as Dave Stone) |
Stephen Tyler | ... | boom operator |
Ben Williams | ... | sound assistant |
Ron Bartlett | ... | sound editor (uncredited) |
Matthew C. Beville | ... | sound recordist (uncredited) |
Oscar Mitt | ... | sound (uncredited) |
Dave Moreno | ... | weddington recordist (uncredited) |
Steven Soderbergh | ... | sound editor (uncredited) / sound re-recordist (uncredited) |
Stunts
Gunter Anderson | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Phil Beard | ... | gaffer |
Tony Brignac | ... | second assistant camera |
Buddy Carr | ... | electrician |
Gilly Charbonnet | ... | grip |
Michael Charbonnet | ... | first assistant camera |
Jonathan Coney | ... | grip |
Diana Gary | ... | still photographer |
David Jensen | ... | best boy |
Bennie Robertson | ... | generator operator |
J.D. Streett | ... | key grip |
Casting Department
Philip Jostrom | ... | casting assistant |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Amanda Moore | ... | wardrobe |
James Ryder | ... | costumer |
Music Department
Larry Blake | ... | music recordist |
Mark A. Mangini | ... | musician: acoustic guitar (as Mark Mangini) |
Sharal Churchill | ... | soundtrack consultant (uncredited) |
Ezra Dweck | ... | original music recordist (uncredited) |
Stephen Hunter Flick | ... | original music recordist (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Elizabeth Lambert | ... | script supervisor |
Transportation Department
Susan Bonfils | ... | driver |
Ross Neill | ... | driver |
Additional Crew
Howard Behar | ... | legal services |
Melissa Benedetto | ... | production assistant |
Jim Brannon | ... | caterer |
Billy Collins Jr. | ... | production accountant |
Davis Guggenheim | ... | production coordinator: Los Angeles |
John Kao | ... | production executive |
Louis Koerner | ... | production assistant |
Nancy Mcintosh | ... | production coordinator: Los Angeles (as Nancy McIntosh) |
Harris M. Miller II | ... | legal services (as Harris Miller) |
Robert Mintz | ... | completion bond |
Rusty Smith | ... | caterer |
Harold Welb | ... | production consultant |
Solomon J. LeFlore | ... | production financing (uncredited) |
Thanks
Richard L. Anderson | ... | special thanks (as Richard Anderson) |
Mark Cohen | ... | special thanks |
Anne Dollard | ... | dedicatee (as Ann Dollard) |
John Dunn | ... | special thanks |
Frank Duvic | ... | special thanks |
Stephen Hunter Flick | ... | special thanks (as Stephen Flick) |
Laura Guissinger | ... | special thanks |
Roger Guissinger | ... | special thanks |
Anne Humphreys | ... | special thanks |
Chris Jenkins | ... | special thanks |
Tom Kobayashi | ... | special thanks |
Bill Lemoine | ... | special thanks |
Mark A. Mangini | ... | special thanks (as Mark Mangini) |
Steve Mathis | ... | special thanks |
Julianne Nachtrab | ... | special thanks |
P. Scott Sakamoto | ... | special thanks (as Scott Sakamoto) |
Roger Savage | ... | special thanks |
Kevin Shingleton | ... | special thanks |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Cannon Film Distributors (1989) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Sandrew Film & Teater (1989) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Transmundo Films (1989) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- BDM Distribution (1990) (Belgium) (VHS)
- RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (1990) (United States) (VHS) (pan and scan)
- Transmundo Home Video (THV) (1990) (Argentina) (VHS)
- Chapel Distribution (1997) (Australia) (theatrical) (35mm print)
- Télévision Suisse-Romande (TSR) (1998) (Switzerland) (tv) (dubbed version)
- Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (2004) (Sweden) (DVD)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- AMLF (1989) (France) (theatrical)
- Concorde Filmverleih (1989) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Filmes Castello Lopes (1989) (Portugal) (theatrical)
- Life International (1989) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Miramax (1989) (United States) (theatrical)
- New Vision Films (1989) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Virgin Films (1989) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Canal+ (1991) (France) (tv) (dubbed version)
- Incorporated Television Company (ITC) (1990) (United States) (tv)
- MGM Home Entertainment (2005) (Indonesia) (VCD) (through MagixEyes Entertainment)
- MagixEyes Entertainment (2005) (Indonesia) (VCD) (through)
- Miramar Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
- Pathe UK (France) (video)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (Germany) (DVD)
- The Criterion Collection (1991) (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
- The Criterion Collection (2018) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- The Criterion Collection (2018) (United States) (DVD)
- Virgin Vision (1990) (Australia) (video)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Ten Twenty Catering (catering)
- Skywalker Sound (foley recording)
- Weddington Productions (post-production sound services)
- Telecine Tech (film-to-tape transfer)
- Truman Van Dyke Company (production insurance)
- Completion Bond Company (completion guarantee)
- Weiman Baucher Kuchel & Silber (legal services)
- Precision Film Cutting (negative cutting)
- Shades of the Past Antiques (special thanks)
- Le Garage (special thanks)
- Sadie Mae's (special thanks)
- Cannes Film Festival (festival)
- Sundance Film Festival (festival)
- Technicolor Sound Services (post-production sound services: absorbed rights)
- Virgin Records (soundtrack)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
John and Ann Mullany, a junior partner at a law firm and a housewife respectively, are a young, upwardly mobile couple, who most would deem to have a perfect life. Ann's outward perfection belies the fact that she is in therapy, dealing with the stress over worrying about global issues with which she has little to no control. She does not see certain things with which she does have control being problems in her life, namely her sexual repression or her disinterest in sex as an activity, that is until it manifested itself in this stress which in turn is having, what she believes, a negative impact on her marriage. What she is unaware of is that, long before her stress began, John embarked on an affair with her sister, bartender Cynthia Bishop, who she doesn't admire as being too "loud". John reconnects with a close friend from college named Graham Dalton, who, to John, appears to have lost his way in life in the years that they have not been in touch. Graham, via the method in which he deals with his emotional and sexual problems - which is also believes is being totally forthright to all concerned - has a profound effect on Cynthia, John and Ann, who in turn, especially Ann, have a profound effect on him. Written by Huggo |
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Taglines | Cine independiente USA See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $1,200,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | The film was playing in Berlin's largest movie theaters when the Berlin Wall fell. A lot of East Germans crossing over to West Berlin went to see it, expecting Western-style porn. See more » |
Goofs | When Graham is interviewing Ann, Ann sets the camera down on the arm of the chair pointing at the window away from the couch. When Graham gets up to turn it off, it is pointing at the couch. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Sex, Lies, and Videotape/Young Einstein/Parenthood/The Music Teacher (1989). See more » |
Soundtracks | Garbage See more » |
Crazy Credits | This film is dedicated to Ann Dollard 1956-1988 See more » |
Quotes |
Graham:
I remember reading somewhere that men learn to love the person that they're attracted to, and that women become more and more attracted to the person that they love. See more » |