A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Featuring:
James Spader, Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher
Written by:
Steven Soderbergh
Directed by:
Steven Soderbergh
Release Date:
August 4, 1989
Original Title:
sex, lies, and videotape
Alternate Titles:
Sekkusu to uso to bideotêpu
Seks yalanlari
Seks, klamstwa i kasety video
Seks, laži i video trake
Sex, Shkarim V'Videotape
Sex, løgn og videobånd
Sex, psemata kai videotainies
Sexe, mensonge et vidéos
Sexo, Mentiras e Vídeo
Sexo, mentiras y cintas de vídeo
Sexo, mentiras y video
seks, yalanlar və kaset
섹스 거짓말 그리고 비디오 테이프
섹스 거짓말 그리고 비디오테이프
섹스, 거짓말, 그리고 비디오 테이프
섹스, 거짓말, 그리고 비디오테이프
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Outlaw Productions
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M BE: 12 DE: 16 FI: K-12 FR: U|TP GB: 15 IE: 18 JP: R15+ KR: 19 NL: 12 PL: 16 PT: M/16 RU: 18+ US: R
Runtime: 101
Ann, a frustrated wife, enters into counseling due to a troubled marriage. Unbeknownst to her, her husband John has begun an affair with her sister. When John’s best friend Graham arrives, his penchant for interviewing women about their sex lives forever changes John and Ann’s rocky marriage.
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.
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Internet Movie Database | 7.2/10 |
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Rotten Tomatoes | 96% |
Metacritic | 86/100 |
Awards Won: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 15 wins & 24 nominations total |
Art Direction:
Joanne Schmidt
Best Boy Grip:
David Jensen
Boom Operator:
Stephen Tyler
Casting:
Deborah Aquila
Director:
Steven Soderbergh
Director of Photography:
Walt Lloyd
Editor:
Steven Soderbergh
Electrician:
Buddy Carr
Executive Producer:
Nancy Tenenbaum
Morgan Mason
First Assistant Camera:
Michael Charbonnet
First Assistant Director:
Mike Dempsey
Foley Artist:
Vanessa Theme Ament
Foley Editor:
David E. Stone
Foley Recordist:
Scott Chandler
Gaffer:
Phill Beard
Grip:
Gilly Charbonnet
Jonathan Coney
Hairstylist:
Sabrina Lopez
Amanda Schuler
Key Grip:
J.D. Streett
Makeup Artist:
James Ryder
Makeup Trainee:
Kim Pease
Original Music Composer:
Cliff Martinez
Producer:
Nick Wechsler
John Hardy
Robert Newmyer
Production Coordinator:
Davis Guggenheim
Second Assistant Camera:
Tony Brignac
Second Assistant Director:
Alexandra Root
Set Decoration:
Victoria Spader
Sound:
Oscar Mitt
Sound Assistant:
Ben Williams
Sound Editor:
Larry Blake
Ron Bartlett
Steven Soderbergh
Sound Mixer:
Paul Ledford
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Larry Blake
Sound Recordist:
Matthew C. Beville
Still Photographer:
Diana Gary
Unit Production Manager:
John Hardy
Writer:
Steven Soderbergh
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