Sex & Mrs. X

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Sex & Mrs. X
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Written byElisa Bell
Amanda Vaill (article)
Directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman
Starring Jacqueline Bisset
Linda Hamilton
Paolo Seganti
Peter MacNeill
Theme music composerJoseph Conlan
Country of origin United States
Original languageEnglish
Production
CinematographyDon E. FauntLeRoy
EditorSharyn L. Ross
Running time100 min
Production company Lifetime
Release
Original releaseApril 10, 2000 (2000-04-10)

Sex & Mrs. X is a 2000 Lifetime television film. It was directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman and based on an article published by Amanda Vaill in Allure . It stars Jacqueline Bisset and Linda Hamilton and premiered on 10 April 2000.

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Plot

Joanna (Hamilton) is a magazine writer whose life is thrown into disarray when her husband leaves her for another woman. But she finds salvation when she is assigned to interview a Paris madame (Bisset) who inspires a sexual reawakening in her. [1]

Cast

Announced Remake

Deadline announced that Lionsgate, which owns the IP to this film via their ownership of the Hearst Entertainment library, was working with MarVista Entertainment in re-imagining this film and over 100 others in the Hearst library. [2] Some other confirmed films include The Babysitter's Seduction,Sex, Lies & Obsession, Blue Valley Songbird , A Different Kind of Christmas, and Santa Who? . Both companies, which are jointly distributing these films, told the publication that they are targeting a streaming-savvy audience with these films and plan to release them to a streaming service, which hasn't been determined yet. [3]

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References

  1. Sex & Mrs. X Film.com. Retrieved on 9 October 2010
  2. White, Peter (2021-07-09). "Are TV Movies Back? Lionsgate & MarVista Strike Deal To Remake Classic MOWs Including Keri Russell's 'The Babysitter's Seduction'". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
  3. "'The Babysitter's Seduction' Among TV Movies Getting a Remake in Lionsgate / MarVista Deal". Movieweb. 2021-07-13. Retrieved 2021-08-27.