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sex, lies, and videotape

1989 · Film · 101 min

  • Drama

Plot

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.

About sex, lies, and videotape

Sex, Lies, and Videotape (often written in all lowercase as sex, lies, and videotape) is a 1989 American independent drama film written and directed by Steven Soderbergh. The plot tells the story of a troubled man who videotapes women discussing their sexuality and fantasies, and its impact on the relationships of a troubled married couple and the wife's younger sister. Sex, Lies, and Videotape won the Palme d'Or at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival, making Soderbergh the youngest solo director to win the award; he was 26 at the time. The film received widespread praise from critics and was influential in revolutionizing the independent film movement in the early 1990s. In 2006, Sex, Lies, and Videotape was selected for preservation the United States Library of Congress' National Film Registry, deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

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Cast

  • James SpaderGraham Dalton
  • Andie MacDowellAnn Bishop Mullany
  • Peter GallagherJohn Mullany
  • Laura San GiacomoCynthia Bishop
  • Ron VawterTherapist
  • Steven BrillBarfly
  • Alexandra RootGirl on Tape
  • Earl T. TaylorLandlord
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