Waiting to Exhale
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| Directed by | Forest Whitaker |
| Produced by |
Terry McMillan Ronald Bass Deborah Schindler Ezra Swerdlow |
| Screenplay by | Terry McMillan Ronald Bass |
| Based on |
Waiting for Exhale by Terry McMillan |
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| Music by | Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds |
| Cinematography | Toyomitcha Kurita |
| Edited by | Richard Chew |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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124 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $16 million |
| Box office | $82 million |
Waiting to Exhale is a 1995 American romance film directed by Forest Whitaker (in his feature film directorial debut) and starring Whitney Houston and Angela Bassett. The film was adapted from the 1992 novel of the same name by Terry McMillan. Lela Rochon, Loretta Devine, Dennis Haysbert, Michael Beach, Gregory Hines, Donald Faison, and Mykelti Williamson rounded out the rest of the cast. The original music score was composed by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. The story centers on four female friends living in the Phoenix, Arizona area 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.
The film is notable for having an all-African-American cast. The Los Angeles Times called it a "social phenomenon".
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Waiting to Exhale is a story about four African-American women—Savannah, Robin, Bernadine, and Gloria—who go through different stages of love and life.
Savannah "’Vannah" Jackson is a successful television producer who holds on to the belief that one day her married lover will leave his wife for her. She later comes to find that he will never leave his wife and she must find her own man who will love her for her.
Bernadine "Bernie" Harris abandons her own career dreams and desire of having a catering business to raise a family, and support her husband, who leaves her for a white woman.
Robin Stokes is a high-powered executive and the long-time mistress of married Russell. She has problems finding a decent man of her own after dumping him.
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