Waiting to Exhale

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film romantic drama film

Waiting to Exhale is a 1995 romantic drama film, based on Terry McMillan’s novel, that follows the intertwined lives and relationships of four African-American women.

Aliases (7)

Waiting to Exhale (novel) ×4
Waiting to Exhale (1995 film) ×3
Waiting to Exhale (film) ×3
Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album ×3
Waiting to Exhale (1992 novel) ×2
Waiting to Exhale (soundtrack production) ×1
Waiting to Exhale universe ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film → romantic drama film →
authorOfSourceMaterial	Terry McMillan →
basedOn	Waiting to Exhale (novel) →
boxOfficeGrossWorldwide	over $80 million →
cinematographyBy	Toyomichi Kurita →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Forest Whitaker →
distributedBy	20th Century Fox →
editedBy	John Carter →
featuresTheme	African-American women’s friendships → infidelity → romantic relationships → self-discovery →
filmingLocation	Arizona →
genre	drama film → romance film → romantic drama →
hasSequel	Getting to Happy (novel continuation) →
hasSoundtrackAlbum	Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album →
mainCharacter	Bernadine Harris → Gloria Matthews → Robin Stokes → Savannah Jackson →
musicBy	Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds →
notableFor	portrayal of four professional African-American women →
originalLanguage	English →
producer	Debra Martin Chase → Terry McMillan → Whitney Houston →
productionCompany	Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation → Whitney Houston Productions →
releaseDate	1995-12-22 →
releaseYear	1995 →
runtimeMinutes	124 →
screenwriter	Ronald Bass → Terry McMillan →
setIn	Phoenix, Arizona →
soundtrackProducedBy	Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds →
starring	Angela Bassett → Dennis Haysbert → Donald Faison → Gregory Hines → Lela Rochon → Loretta Devine → Michael Beach → Mykelti Williamson → Wendell Pierce → Whitney Houston →

Referenced by (42)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Angela Bassett → Babyface ("Waiting to Exhale (soundtrack production)") → Dennis Haysbert → Gregory Hines → John Carter → Lela Rochon → Michael Beach → Ronald Bass → Terry McMillan → Toyomichi Kurita → Whitney Houston →	notableWork
Bernadine Harris → Bernadine Harris ("Waiting to Exhale (film)") → Robin Stokes ("Waiting to Exhale (novel)") → Robin Stokes ("Waiting to Exhale (film)") → Savannah Jackson → Savannah Jackson ("Waiting to Exhale (film)") →	appearsIn
Donald Faison → Lela Rochon → Mykelti Williamson →	appearedIn
Bernadine Harris ("Waiting to Exhale (novel)") → Robin Stokes ("Waiting to Exhale (novel)") →	basedOnWork
John Carter → Toyomichi Kurita →	workedOn
Savannah Jackson ("Waiting to Exhale (1995 film)") →	adaptedIn
Sittin' Up in My Room ("Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album") →	associatedWith
Waiting to Exhale ("Waiting to Exhale (novel)") →	basedOn
Forest Whitaker →	directed
John Carter →	edited
Sittin' Up in My Room →	featuredInFilm
Robin Stokes ("Waiting to Exhale universe") →	fictionalUniverse
Savannah Jackson ("Waiting to Exhale (1992 novel)") →	firstAppearance
Bernadine Harris ("Waiting to Exhale (1995 film)") →	firstFilmAppearance
Bernadine Harris ("Waiting to Exhale (1992 novel)") →	firstPublicationAppearance
Getting to Happy →	followsCharactersFrom
Waiting to Exhale ("Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album") →	hasSoundtrackAlbum
Sittin' Up in My Room →	includedInSoundtrack
Getting to Happy →	isSequelTo
Wendell Pierce →	participatedIn
Sittin' Up in My Room ("Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album") →	partOf
Terry McMillan ("Waiting to Exhale (1995 film)") →	workAdaptedAs
Terry McMillan →	wrote