| 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 |
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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.
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 ]
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.
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