Strapless

1989 film

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Strapless

DVD cover

Directed by| David Hare
Written by| David Hare
Produced by| Rick McCallum
Starring| Bridget Fonda
Bruno Ganz
Blair Brown
Cinematography| Andrew Dunn
Distributed by| Miramax Films

Release date

* 14 May 1989 (1989-05-14) (Cannes Film Festival)

Running time

| 100 minutes[1]
Country| United Kingdom
Language| English
Box office| $764,794

Strapless is a 1989 film written and directed by David Hare.

## Plot summary

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An expatriate American doctor in London allows herself to lighten up when her freewheeling younger sister and a mysterious man enter her life. Her inhibitions released, the beautiful doctor learns that freedom has its own price.[citation needed]

## Cast

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* Blair Brown – Dr. Lillian Hempel
* Bruno Ganz – Raymond Forbes
* Bridget Fonda – Amy Hempel
* Alan Howard – Mr. Cooper
* Michael Gough – Douglas Brodie
* Hugh Laurie – Colin
* Dana Gillespie – Julie Kovago
* Spencer Leigh – Hus
* Alexandra Pigg \- Helen

## Release

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After the film's May 1990 U.S. theatrical release, it was released on videocassette in the United States by RCA/Columbia and in Canada by Cineplex Odeon. In 2000, the film was released on DVD by Anchor Bay. The DVD has since been discontinued.

## References

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1. ^ "Strapless - Official Site - Miramax". miramax.com. Retrieved 1 July 2017.

## External links

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* Strapless at IMDb
* Strapless at Box Office Mojo
* Strapless at Rotten Tomatoes

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Works by David Hare

Stage plays|

| Drama|

* Slag
* Teeth 'n' Smiles
* Plenty
* Pravda
* The Secret Rapture
* Skylight
* Amy's View
* The Judas Kiss
* My Zinc Bed
* The Breath of Life
* The Vertical Hour
* Gethsemane
* South Downs
* The Moderate Soprano
* Straight Line Crazy

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Trilogy|

* Racing Demon
* Murmuring Judges
* The Absence of War

Adaptations|

* The Blue Room

Monologues|

* Via Dolorosa
* Berlin
* Wall
* Beat the Devil

Verbatim theatre|

* The Permanent Way
* Stuff Happens
* The Power of Yes

Film
and television|

| Writer|

| Adaptations
of own plays|

* Plenty (film)
* The Secret Rapture (film)
* My Zinc Bed (TV film)

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New work|

* Damage (film)
* The Hours (film)
* The Reader (film)
* Denial (film)
* Collateral (TV series)
* The White Crow (film)
* Roadkill (TV series)

Writer/director|

* Licking Hitler (TV)
* Wetherby (film)
* Paris by Night (film)
* Strapless (film)
* Page Eight (film)
* Turks & Caicos (film)
* Salting the Battlefield (film)

Director|

* The Designated Mourner (film)

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