sex, lies, and videotape
“the husband. the wife. her sister. his friend.”
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.
Genres
Drama
Studio
Outlaw Productions
Language
en
Status
Released
How sex, lies, and videotape performed
Budget
$1.2M
Worldwide Gross
$24.7M
Gross Profit
$23.5M
Return
20.6× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$4M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Graham Dalton
James Spader
Graham Dalton
Ann Bishop Mullany
Andie MacDowell
Ann Bishop Mullany
John Mullany
Peter Gallagher
John Mullany
Cynthia Bishop
Laura San Giacomo
Cynthia Bishop
Therapist
Ron Vawter
Therapist
Barfly
Steven Brill
Barfly
Girl on Tape
Alexandra Root
Girl on Tape
Landlord
Earl T. Taylor
Landlord
John's Colleague
David Foil
John's Colleague
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