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.
- Worldwide
- $25M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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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.
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Box Office & Release
sex, lies, and videotape returned 20.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $1M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $25M
- Release date
- Aug 4, 1989
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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