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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Steven Soderbergh |
| Stars: |
James Spader |
| Actors: |
Peter Gallagher |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Independent · Recommended · Psychodrama · Racy · Essential Cinema |
| MPAA Rating: |
R (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: WS |
| UPC: |
043396904897 |
| Release Date: |
1989 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 40min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Closed Caption, 1hr 40min
Release Company: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (September 08, 1998)
UPC: 043396904897 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 50min |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Steven Soderbergh |
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Professional Reviews
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(08/04/1989, p.C12, Caryn James): "...A film whose enormous authority and intelligence extend to every detail....One of the freshest American films of the decade..." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
Steven Soderbergh explodes onto the scene with this provocative, intelligent drama about infidelity and voyeurism. Ann Milaney (Andie MacDowell) lives in a comfortable Louisiana home with her lawyer husband, John (Peter Gallagher). She spends her days fretting over the insurmountable problems of the world and her own unfocused sense of melancholy. Although she doesn't know it, she has a good reason to be upset: John is having a torrid affair with her younger, more extroverted sister, Cynthia (the sexy Laura San Giacomo). When Graham Dalton (James Spader), an old college pal of John's, comes to visit, all three are momentarily distracted from personal problems and intrigues as they scrutinize the odd outsider. Ann soon discovers that Graham has some strange habits and problems of his own. Plagued by impotency since the calamitous breakup of his last relationship, the young drifter finds sexual gratification by videotaping women willing to talk about their sexual past and fantasies in front of the camera. ... |
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