Waiting to Exhale (1995)



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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.

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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
Caron K Associate Producer
Terry McMillan Executive Producer
Ezra Swerdlow Producer
Ron Bass Executive Producer
Deborah Schindler 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 Source Material (from novel)
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
Michael W Foxworthy Set Decorator
Marc Fischella Art Director
Adam Braff Leadman
Sheila Allison-Wells Art Department - artwork
David Gropman Production Designer
William Butler Set Dresser
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
Traci Runcie Extras Casting Assistant
Robyn M Mitchell Casting Associate - 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
Dennis McNeill Color Timer
John Poliak Video Assist/Playback - video assist
Reggie Newkirk Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Robert DiPanni Projectionist
Dylan Gross Camera Assistant - Space cam assistant
Nicola Goode Photography - still photographer
Kirk Gardner Camera Operator
Alisa Faloona Camera Assistant
Dennis Lynch Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Jeffrey Tufano Camera Operator
Randy Feemster Camera Operator
Davie Carothers Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Michael Kelem Camera Operator - Space cam operator
Music Credit
William Ross Orchestrations - score orchestrator and conductor
Kenneth Edmonds (Babyface) Music
Jon Gass Song - original songs engineer and mixer
Sandy DeCrescent Music Contractor
Carlton Kaller Music Editor
Jeremy Lubbock Music Arranger - string arrangements
Stephanie Lowry Music - assistant music editor
Brad Gilderman Song - original songs engineer and mixer
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
Michael S Brewer Location Assistant
James Bigwood Production Manager
Kitty Olisky Production Coordinator
Lillian Pyles Assistant Production Coordinator
Joseph Ray Assistant Director
Shari Carpenter Script Supervisor
Rick Rothen Location Manager
Orville Sisco Assistant Location Manager
Gayle Wesley Technical Supervisor
P J Connelly Location Manager
Roni Wheeler Poole Assistant Director
Karen Mattingly Script Supervisor
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
Kenneth Edmonds (Babyface) Sound - soundtrack album executive producer
Donald Sylvester Foley Editor
Tim Chau Sound Supervisor
Russell Williams II Sound 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
Albert Aquino Boom Operator
Lou Angelo ADR Editor
Carmen Baker Assistant Sound Editor
D M Hemphill Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Hilda Hodges Foley Artist
Linda Difranco ADR Editor - ADR group editor
Diane Linn ADR - ADR recordist
Paul Urmson Sound Effects Editor
Ivy Skoff Sound - soundtrack album production coordinator
Scott Curtis Foley Editor
Bill W Benton Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Visual Effects Credit
Thomas C Ford Special Effects Coordinator
Randy Walker Effects Assistant - technical assistant
Wardrobe Hair Makeup Credit
Ellie Winslow Makeup - key makeup
Judy Ruskin Howell Costume Designer
Ted Long Hair Stylist - key hairstylist
Joseph P Hurt Makeup Assistant - assistant make-up
Hugo Pena Costume Supervisor
Suzanne Bantit Costumes - costumer
Amy Andrews Set Costumer
Gina Aller Set Costumer
Ellin LaVar Hair Stylist
Sandra A Coley-Greene Makeup
Roxanna Floyd Makeup
Robert L Stevenson Hair Stylist
Latonya Hill Hair Stylist

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