Directed by:
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With his provocative feature debut, twenty-six-year-old Steven Soderbergh trained his focus on the complexities of human intimacy and deception in the modern age. Housewife Ann (Andie MacDowell) feels distant from her lawyer husband, John (Peter Gallagher), who is sleeping with her sister (Laura San Giacomo). When John’s old friend Graham (a magnetic, Cannes-award-winning James Spader) comes to town, Ann is drawn to the soft-spoken outsider, eventually uncovering his startling private obsession: videotaping women as they confess their deepest desires. A piercingly intelligent and flawlessly performed chamber piece, in which the video camera becomes a charged metaphor for the characters’ isolation, the Palme d’Or–winning Sex, Lies, and Videotape changed the landscape of American film, helping pave the way for the thriving independent scene of the 1990s. (Criterion)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 1990 - Steven Soderbergh (Best Original Screenplay)
Independent Spirit Awards
- 1990 - John Hardy, Robert F. Newmyer (Best Feature)
- 1990 - Steven Soderbergh (Best Director)
- 1990 - Andie MacDowell (Best Female Lead)
- 1990 - Laura San Giacomo (Best Supporting Female)
- 1990 - James Spader (Best Male Lead)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 1990 - Laura San Giacomo (Best Supporting Actress)
- 1990 - Steven Soderbergh (Best Original Screenplay)
César Awards
- 1990 - Best Foreign Film
Golden Globes
- 1990 - Steven Soderbergh (Best Screenplay)
- 1990 - Andie MacDowell (Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama)
- 1990 - Laura San Giacomo (Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- 1989 - Andie MacDowell (Best Actress)
- 1989 - Laura San Giacomo (New Generation Award)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 1989 - Andie MacDowell (Best Actress)
- 1989 - Laura San Giacomo (Best Supporting Actress)
- 1989 - Steven Soderbergh (Best Screenplay)
Cannes Film Festival
- 1989 - Steven Soderbergh (Golden Palm - Official Competition)
- 1989 - James Spader (Best Actor)
- 1989 - Steven Soderbergh (Fipresci Prize - Official Competition)
Sundance Film Festival
- 1989 - Steven Soderbergh (Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic)
- 1989 - Steven Soderbergh (U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic)