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Waiting to Exhale (1995)
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Release Date:
22 December 1995 (USA)
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Tagline:
Friends are the people who let you be yourself... and never let you forget it.
Plot:
Based on Terry McMillan's novel, this film follows four very different African-American women and their relationships with the male gender. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
8 wins
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8 nominations
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(11 articles)
Stage & Screen Star Loretta Devine Debuts Night Devine at Upright Cabaret 12/4-6
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 18 November 2009, 10:45 PM, PST)
Entertainment Weekly Lists the 25 Best Soundtracks from the Past 25 Years
(From Collider.com. 3 November 2009, 2:34 PM, PST)
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 18 November 2009, 10:45 PM, PST)
Entertainment Weekly Lists the 25 Best Soundtracks from the Past 25 Years
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This movie made me cry.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Whitney Houston | ... | Savannah 'Vannah' Jackson |
 | Angela Bassett | ... | Bernadine 'Bernie' Harris |
 | Loretta Devine | ... | Gloria 'Glo' Matthews |
 | Lela Rochon | ... | Robin Stokes |
 | Gregory Hines | ... | Marvin King |
 | Dennis Haysbert | ... | Kenneth Dawkins |
 | Mykelti Williamson | ... | Troy |
 | Michael Beach | ... | John Harris, Sr. |
 | Leon | ... | Russell |
 | Wendell Pierce | ... | Michael Davenport |
 | Donald Faison | ... | Tarik Matthews |
 | Jeffrey D. Sams | ... | Lionel |
 | Jazz Raycole | ... | Onika Harris |
| Brandon Hammond | ... | John Harris, Jr. |
| Kenya Moore | ... | Denise |
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Rated R for language and some strong sexuality.
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127 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Singapore:M18 |
Iceland:L |
South Korea:18 |
Germany:12 (f) |
Philippines:R-18 |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:M |
Canada:14A |
Chile:18 |
Finland:K-12 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:11 |
UK:15 |
USA:R
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Director Forest Whitaker was the unanimous first choice of the film's producers and screenwriters.
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Continuity: Vannah's necklace is outside then inside then outside of her top at Glo's birthday party.
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Gloria:
Would you like to have dinner with us tonight? It's just leftovers. Collard greens and corn bread, some candied yams, a little potato salad, fried chicken, peach cobbler and a few slices of ham.
Marvin: I would love to, but I've got so much to do around here. Maybe some other time.
Gloria: To be honest, I don't have no business eating any of it as big as I am.
Marvin: My wife was a big woman too. I like a woman with some meat on her bones.
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Marvin: I would love to, but I've got so much to do around here. Maybe some other time.
Gloria: To be honest, I don't have no business eating any of it as big as I am.
Marvin: My wife was a big woman too. I like a woman with some meat on her bones.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Century of Black Cinema (2003) (V)
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Soundtrack:
This Is How It Works
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This film brought me to tears not because it was so emotional I had to cry but being a Black man and a working actor making a living for 20 + years, It was the first time a big budget, well shot, well acted (Whitney is still weak at times), well directed film about "most" black lives got a big theatrical release. Most black films (Excluding Spike Lee) are about thugs or are so low budget you never get to see them. It was about time!