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Release Date: May 22, 2009 (Limited)
On DVD: September 29, 2009
Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Writer: Brian Koppelman, David Levien
Cast: Sasha Grey, Chris Santos, Glenn Kenney, Peter Zizzo
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Official site: girlfriendexperiencefilm.com
Running Time: 77 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for sexual content, nudity and language

Set in the weeks leading up to the 2008 presidential election, THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE is five days in the life of Chelsea (adult film star Sasha Grey in her mainstream film debut), an ultra high-end Manhattan call girl who offers more than sex to her clients, but companionship and conversation – “the girlfriend experience.” Chelsea thinks she has her life totally under control—she feels her future is secure because she runs her own business...

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Steven Soderbergh is one of those directors that just doesn't seem to care how marketable his films are. Here's a man who put himself on the map in the early 2000's with such popular films as Erin Brockovich, Traffic and Ocean's Eleven, but who then followed those up with Solaris, Eros, The Good German and Che. His movies fluctuate between pitch perfect mainstream films and niche art, which is quite rare this day and age; even the most independent of directors, once they hit the big time, seem to sell out. But that's not Soderbergh.

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