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Thumbnail for Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989) Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)

Basics Critics:83Viewers:66Rusty:79
Category: DramaNotable as: DramaSub-Category: drama filmMain subject: incestRuntime: 100 - 101 minutesColor: colorLanguage: EnglishCountry: United StatesDirector: Steven SoderberghScreenwriter: Steven SoderberghMusic: Cliff MartinezStars: James Spader, Peter Gallagher, Andie MacDowell, Laura San Giacomo, Ron Vawter, Steven Brill, David Foil, Alexandra Root, Earl T. TaylorProducer: Robert NewmyerStudio: Outlaw ProductionsAwards won: Cannes Film Festival
National Film RegistryAward nominations: Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay (Steven Soderbergh)Award details: (details at IMDb)
Description

Sex, Lies, and Videotape is a 1989 American independent drama film that brought director Steven Soderbergh to prominence. It tells the story of a man who films women discussing their sexuality, and his impact on the relationships of a troubled married couple and the wife's younger sister. The film won the Palme d'Or at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival, and was influential in revolutionizing the independent film movement in the early 1990s. In 2006, Sex, Lies, and Videotape was added to the United States Library of Congress' National Film Registry as being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."


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