Director: Forest Whitaker
Genre: Comedy/Romantic Drama
Box Office: $66,217,473 (USA)
Premiere: Nov 1995 (USA)
Released by 20th Century Fox
PLOT SYNOPSIS
A surprise Hollywood hit, this film is based on the novel of the same name by Terry McMillan and centers on four well-to-do African-American women and their relationships with men and one another. All of them are "holding their breath" until the day they can feel comfortable in a committed relationship with a man. Robin (Lela Rochon) is the long-time mistress of Russell (Leon), who keeps reneging on his promise to leave his wife for her. She dumps him to find a man she can have to herself, but her dates with a reliable but unattractive business partner (Wendell Pierce) and a drug addict (Mykelti Williamson) send her back to Russell. Savannah (Whitney Houston) is a successful television producer who also believes that her married lover Kenneth (Dennis Haysbert) will leave his wife. Bernadine (Angela Bassett) is a wealthy woman who abandoned her own career to raise a family. Her husband is now leaving her to marry a white woman. Gloria (Loretta Devine) is a beauty salon owner and single mother raising a teenage son. After years alone, she falls in love with a new neighbor, Marvin (Gregory Hines). The women share their stories over lunches and conversations at Gloria's salon. — Michael Betzold
CAST
Whitney Houston - Savannah Jackson
Angela Bassett - Bernadine Harris
Loretta Devine - Gloria Johnson
Lela Rochon - Robin Stokes
Gregory Hines - Marvin
Dennis Haysbert - Kenneth
Ezra Swerdlow - Wild Bill
Wesley Snipes - James (uncredited)
Wendell Pierce - Michael
Lamont Johnson - Joseph
Leon - Russell
Mykelti Williamson - Troy
Wren T. Brown - Minister
Starletta DuPois - Savannah's Mother
Michael Beach - John Sr.
Brandon Hammond - John, Jr.
Graham Galloway - Fireman
Giancarlo Esposito - Tarik's Father (uncredited)
Donald Faison - Tarik
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Forest Whitaker - Director
Deborah Schindler - Producer
Ezra Swerdlow - Producer
Ronald Bass - Screenwriter / Executive Producer
Terry McMillan - Screenwriter / Executive Producer
Toyomichi Kurita - Cinematographer
Tim Chau - Musical Direction/Supervision
Kenneth (Babyface) Edmonds - Composer (Music Score)
Richard Chew - Editor
David Gropman - Production Designer
Marc Fisichella - Art Director
Caron K - Associate Producer / First Assistant Director
Michael Foxworthy - Set Designer
Judy Ruskin - Costume Designer
Joseph Ray - First Assistant Director
Kirk R. Gardner - Camera Operator
Jaki Brown-Karman - Casting
Image Award
Outstanding Lead Actress in
a Motion Picture - Angela Bassett
Outstanding Motion Picture
Outstanding Soundtrack Album
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion
Picture - Loretta Devine
MTV Movie Awards
Best Movie Song - Brandy Norwood
NOMINATIONS
Image Award
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion
Picture - Gregory Hines
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture
- Whitney Houston
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion
Picture - Lela Rochon
MTV Movie Award
Best Breakthrough Performance - Lela
Rochon
Best Movie Song - Whitney Houston
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