Waiting to Exhale (1995)

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R | 2 hr 1 mins | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Urban, Adaptation | Released: 12/22/1995 |Box Office Total: $64.2M

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Synopsis:

The provocative story of four remarkable African-American women who journey through a modern labyrinth of husbands and lovers, jobs and makeovers. Savannah moves from Denver to Phoenix, the home of her best friend Bernadine, intent on becoming a successful TV producer and finally snagging Mr. Right. Meanwhile, Bernadine has just received the news that her husband is abandoning her for his younger, white bookkeeper. Their highly successful, sexually adventurous friend, Robin Stokes, can't stay away from pretty men who lie and cheat. Unlike the rest of her friends, Gloria Johnson isn't seeking solace in men. Instead, she finds it in food, her trendy hair salon and her precocious but difficult teenage son Tarik. But now that Tarik is growing up, Gloria is about to set out into the world again. Over the span of a single year, Savannah, Bernadine, Robin and Gloria weather these challenges under a powerful umbrella of comradeship, even in the most exasperating of times.

Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
12/22/1995

Director	Credit
Forest Whitaker	Director
Cast	Credit
Whitney Houston	Savannah Jackson
Angela Bassett	Bernadine
Loretta Devine	Gloria Johnson
Lela Rochon Staples	Robin Stokes
Gregory Hines	Marvin
Dennis Haysbert	Kenneth
Mykelti Williamson	Troy
Michael Beach	John Sr
Leon Robinson (Leon)	Russell
Wendell Pierce	Michael
Donald Faison	Tarik
Jeffrey D Sams	Lionel
Jazz Raycole	Onika
Brandon Hammond	John Jr
Kenya Moore	Denise
Wren T Brown	Minister
Theo	On Air DJ
Ken Love	DJ at the Hermosa
Graham Galloway	Fireman
Starletta DuPois	Savannah's Mother
Shari Carpenter	Savannah's Assistant
Thomas R Leander	Interviewer
Cordell Conway	Member--Group at Hermosa Table
Lee Wells Jr	Member--Group at Hermosa Table
Hope Brown	Member--Group at Hermosa Table
Delaina Mitchell	Tarik's Girlfriend
Luis Sharpe	Herbert
Joseph S Myers	Security Guard at John's Office
Ezra Swerdlow	Wild Bill
Ellin LaVar	Hairdresser
Patricia Anne Fox	Customer at Hair Salon
Wally Bujack	Judge
Production Credits	Credit
Ezra Swerdlow	Producer
Caron K	Associate Producer
Terry McMillan	Executive Producer
Deborah Schindler	Producer
Ron Bass	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Schindler-Swerdlow Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
20th Century Fox Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Fox Films, Ltd.	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Writer	Credit
Terry McMillan	Novel as Source Material
Terry McMillan	Screenplay
Ron Bass	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Patricia Ann Holmes	Assistant Production Accountant
Dainne Cheek Blasco	Production Accountant
Brenda L Morris	Assistant Production Accountant
Art Department	Credit
Kalina Ivanov	Storyboard Artist
William Butler	Set Dresser
Michael W Foxworthy	Set Decorator
Marc Fischella	Art Director
Sheila Allison-Wells	Art Department - artwork
David Gropman	Production Designer
Adam Braff	Leadman
Pat Brazington	Art Department - artwork
Howard J Clark	Set Dresser
Tony Gibson	Set Dresser
Frederick J Brown	Art Department - artwork
Megan Brown	Art Department - artwork
Bill Land	Set Dresser
Denise Ogawa	Set Dresser - on set dresser
Sebastienne Brown	Art Department - artwork
Freda Carter	Art Department - artwork
Nanette Carter	Art Department - artwork
Laurence D Coleman	Art Department - artwork
Clendolyn Corbin	Art Department - artwork
Maria Dawson	Art Department - artwork
Jim Dennis	Art Department - artwork
Paul Deo	Art Department - artwork
John Fargotstein	Art Department - artwork
Angelo John Grado	Art Department - artwork
Mary S Gray	Art Department - artwork
J Eugene Grigsby Jr	Art Department - artwork
Odoch Hawkins	Art Department - artwork
Frank Howell	Art Department - artwork
Alan Jones	Art Department - artwork
Philip Mallory Jones	Art Department - artwork
June Kelly	Art Department - artwork
Terry McMillan	Art Department - artwork
Alisa Wechsler Nelson	Art Department - artwork
Noah Purifoy	Art Department - artwork
Porter Randall	Art Department - artwork
John E Rozelle	Art Department - artwork
Charles J Sabatino	Art Department - artwork
Francine Seders	Art Department - artwork
Greg Singley	Art Department - artwork
Ellen Sragow	Art Department - artwork
Monica Stewart	Art Department - artwork
Emma Thaler	Art Department - artwork
David Tooker	Art Department - artwork
Joe Waldrum	Art Department - artwork
Horace Washington	Art Department - artwork
Rip Woods	Art Department - artwork
Fred Unger	Art Department - artwork
Casting	Credit
Todd Thaler	Casting - New York casting
Winsome Sinclair	Extras Casting
Robyn M Mitchell	Casting Associate - casting assistant
Traci Runcie	Extras Casting Assistant
Jaki Brown-Karman	Casting
Craft Services	Credit
Marie Randall	Craft Service
Craig Lynch	Craft Service
Charles H Smith	Craft Service
Film Camera	Credit
Toyomichi Kurita	Director of Photography
Dylan Gross	Camera Assistant - Space cam assistant
Nicola Goode	Photography - still photographer
Kirk Gardner	Camera Operator
Robert DiPanni	Projectionist
John Poliak	Video Assist/Playback - video assist
Reggie Newkirk	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Dennis McNeill	Color Timer
Dennis Lynch	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Jeffrey Tufano	Camera Operator
Alisa Faloona	Camera Assistant
Davie Carothers	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Randy Feemster	Camera Operator
Michael Kelem	Camera Operator - Space cam operator
Music	Credit
William Ross	Orchestrations - score orchestrator and conductor
Jeremy Lubbock	Music Arranger - string arrangements
Carlton Kaller	Music Editor
Jon Gass	Song - original songs engineer and mixer
Sandy DeCrescent	Music Contractor
Kenneth Edmonds (Babyface)	Music
Brad Gilderman	Song - original songs engineer and mixer
Stephanie Lowry	Music - assistant music editor
Angie Rubin	Music - assistant music editor
Bob Brockman	Song - original songs engineer and mixer
Physical Effects	Credit
Rawn Hutchinson	Stunt Coordinator
Brandon Sebek	Stunt Coordinator
Production Management	Credit
James Bigwood	Production Manager
Michael S Brewer	Location Assistant
Shari Carpenter	Script Supervisor
Orville Sisco	Assistant Location Manager
Lillian Pyles	Assistant Production Coordinator
Joseph Ray	Assistant Director
Rick Rothen	Location Manager
Gayle Wesley	Technical Supervisor
Kitty Olisky	Production Coordinator
Roni Wheeler Poole	Assistant Director
Karen Mattingly	Script Supervisor
P J Connelly	Location Manager
Walter W Parry Jr	Assistant Director - 2nd assistant director
Publicity	Credit
Betsy Sokolow	Publicity
Betsy Sokolow	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Carolyn Tapp	Foley Recordist
Susan Shackelford	ADR - ADR assistant
John Roesch	Foley Artist
Charleen Richards	ADR Mixer
Mary Jo Lang	Foley Mixer
Barbara Harris	ADR Voice Casting
Albert Gasser	Sound Effects Editor
Ted Caplan	Sound Editor - digital sound editor
Chris Carpenter	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Barbara Boguski	ADR Supervisor
Donald Sylvester	Foley Editor
Tim Chau	Sound Supervisor
Albert Aquino	Boom Operator
Lou Angelo	ADR Editor
Carmen Baker	Assistant Sound Editor
Russell Williams II	Sound Mixer
Kenneth Edmonds (Babyface)	Sound - soundtrack album executive producer
Paul Urmson	Sound Effects Editor
Linda Difranco	ADR Editor - ADR group editor
D M Hemphill	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Hilda Hodges	Foley Artist
Diane Linn	ADR - ADR recordist
Ivy Skoff