sex, lies, and videotape
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contribution by Weinstein
- In Harvey Weinstein: Early life and Miramax
…the rights to the provocative sex, lies, and videotape, which became Miramax’s first major hit.
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discussed in biography
- In Steven Soderbergh: Breakthrough: sex, lies, and videotape; Erin Brockovich; and Traffic
He then completed the celebrated sex, lies, and videotape (1989), which explores the complexities of modern relationships. The film was a surprise hit at the Cannes film festival that year, picking up three awards, including the Palme d’Or, and Soderbergh earned an Academy Award nomination for best original screenplay. Kafka…
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history of film
- In history of film: United States
…when an American independent film, sex, lies and videotape (1989), the first feature by Steven Soderbergh, won the top prize at the Cannes festival in France. (Soderbergh went on, like Spike Lee and others, to work on both independent and mainstream projects; he won an Academy Award as best director…
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role of Spader
- In James Spader
…Steven Soderbergh’s feature film debut, sex, lies, and videotape. In the film he played an eccentric drifter and voyeur who disrupts the placid suburban existence of a handful of women. The film won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival, where Spader also won an award for best actor.…
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