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A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.

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Mr. Grey
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Lee Holloway
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Peter
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Joan Holloway
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Burt Holloway
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Dr. Twardon
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Tricia O'Connor
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Jonathan
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Lee's Sister
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Sylvia
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Stewart
Lily Knight ...
Paralegal
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Allison
Lacey Kohl ...
Louisa
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Jessica
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First Secretary
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Typing Teacher
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Mr. Garvey
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First Date
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Second Date (as Russell Harper)
David Wiater ...
Tomato Date
Shannon Convery ...
New Secretary
Alison Tatlock ...
TV Reporter
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
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Zoo Protester (uncredited)
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Photographer (uncredited)
Diane McGee ...
Woman with the Purple Boots (uncredited)
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Dancing Party Guest (uncredited)
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Richard Arevalos (sex therapist on tape) (uncredited) (voice)
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Sitting In Mr. Grey's Waiting Room (uncredited)

Directed by

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Steven Shainberg

Written by

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Erin Cressida Wilson ... (screenplay)
 
Mary Gaitskill ... (short story)
 
Steven Shainberg ... (story adaptation) and
Erin Cressida Wilson ... (story adaptation)

Produced by

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Jamie Beardsley ... executive producer
Andrew Fierberg ... producer
Amy Hobby ... producer
Joel Posner ... executive producer
P.J. Posner ... executive producer
Michael Roban ... executive producer
Steven Shainberg ... producer

Music by

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Angelo Badalamenti

Cinematography by

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Steven Fierberg

Editing by

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Pam Wise

Editorial Department

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Katie Bevell ... post-production assistant
Bob Fredrickson ... color timer
Nadia Fugazza ... assistant editor
Jamie Governale ... apprentice editor (as James Governale)
Mark Moran ... post-production assistant
Jay Rabinowitz ... additional editor
Mattia Romeo ... assistant editor
Greg Tennant ... assistant editor
Kenneth Wachtel ... assistant editor
Scott Zone ... colorist (uncredited)

Casting By

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Ellen Parks

Production Design by

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Amy Danger

Art Direction by

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Nick Ralbovsky

Set Decoration by

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Michael Baker
Michael Murray

Costume Design by

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Marjorie Bowers

Makeup Department

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Raqueli Dahan-Gonen ... key makeup artist (as Raqueli Dahan)
Robert Hall ... special effects makeup
Cynthia Laws ... hair stylist
Robert Ramos ... additional hair stylist
Cynthia P. Romo ... hair stylist: Lesley Ann Warren (as Cynthia Romo)
Nicholas Serino ... additional hair stylist

Production Management

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Kyle A. Clark ... production manager (as Kyle Clark)
Jennifer Lane ... post-production supervisor
Anthony Perretti ... production manager: second unit

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Kiran Gonsalves ... first assistant director
Solita Hanna ... first assistant director: second unit
Ivan Kraljevic ... second second assistant director
Vince P. Maggio ... first assistant director (as Vince Maggio)
Jim Simone ... second assistant director
Carl Lawrence Ludwig ... first assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Jami Anderson ... on-set dresser (as Jamie Anderson)
Richard Ankrom ... swing gang
Fernando Arevalos ... swing gang
Jesus Arevalos ... lead man
Luis A. Arevalos ... swing gang (as Luis Arevalos)
Norman Barajas ... carpenter
Jimmie Beardsley ... scenic artist
John Besse ... construction coordinator
Matt Bourque ... scenic artist
Tom Brayton ... swing gang
Carlos Castellanos ... on-set dresser
Ben Conable ... art director: second unit
Olivier Desplat ... on-set dresser
J. Enderson ... carpenter
Kara Engel ... scenic artist
Maria Folger ... carpenter
Robin Jacobson ... property master
Eric E. Johnston ... on-set dresser (as Eric Johnston)
David Lim ... illustrator
Seth Manchester ... carpenter
Melissa Murren ... art production assistant
E. Michael Olson ... art coordinator
Rebekah Schultz ... property assistant
Erik Shumpert ... carpenter
Nick Stagliano ... swing: second unit
Travis Stevens ... swing gang (as Travis T. Stevens)
Angela Tafoya ... scenic artist
Dionisio Tafoya ... scenic artist (as Dionisio A. Tafoya)
Trifon Trifonopoulos ... swing gang
Lee Turner ... general foreman
Christoph Von Wangerheim ... art production assistant (as Christoph Von Wangenheim)
Erik von Wodtke ... lead man
Tracey Woolfolk ... gang boss (as Tracy Woolfolk)
Dean Armijo ... scenic artist (uncredited)
Derek Crimmel ... carpenter (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Jon Ailetcher ... production sound mixer
Ryan Collison ... foley mixer
Seth Cooper ... boom operator
Dustin DuPilka ... sound editorial intern
Eric Free ... boom operator (as Eric A. Free)
Thomas Kodros ... stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Malaika Langa ... audio post coordinator
Brian Langman ... dialogue editor / supervising sound editor
Eric McAllister ... assistant sound editor
Brett Michael ... boom operator (as Bret Michel)
Katherine Gordon Miller ... apprentice sound editor (as Katherine Miller)
James H. Nau ... adr editor (as Jim Nau)
Steve Schwartz ... sound effects editor
Ahmad Shirazi ... foley editor (as Maddy Shirazi)
Paul P. Soucek ... sound effects editor
Reilly Steele ... re-recording mixer
Eric Strausser ... assistant sound editor
Brian Vancho ... foley artist
Thomas Varga ... production sound mixer (as Tom Varga)
Jonathan Wolff ... production sound mixer

Visual Effects by

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Randall Balsmeyer ... visual effects supervisor
J. John Corbett ... digital artist
Kathy Kelehan ... visual effects producer
Matthew Adams ... digital compositor: Cinesite (uncredited)
Danny Albano ... digital artist (uncredited)
Mark Edwards ... visual effects producer: Title House Digital (uncredited)

Stunts

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Marguerite Happy ... stunt double
José Ignacio Álvarez ... stunt coordinator (as Ignacio Alvarez)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Robin Acutt ... best boy electric
Leo Alverez ... key grip: second unit
Kelly Baldwin ... first assistant camera: second unit
Richard Benda ... director of photography: second unit (as Rich Benda)
Bruce Birmelin ... still photographer
Jeremy Brussell ... best boy grip (as Jeremy Brussels)
Carol Carimi ... electrician
Harris Charalambous ... electrician (as Harry Charalambos)
Gregory Code ... steadicam operator
Carlos de Varona ... first assistant camera: second unit
Kyle Drevlo ... grip
Kathleen Farry ... second assistant camera (as Kat Farry)
John Foster ... director of photography: second unit
Garett Griffin ... underwater camera operator: second unit (as Garrett Griffin)
Prashant Gupta ... still photographer
John Hankammer ... steadicam operator
Gayle Hilary ... camera loader
J. Alan Hostetter ... gaffer: second unit (as Alan Hostetter)
Takurô Ishizaka ... first assistant camera: second unit (as Takuro Ishizaka)
Lila Javan ... second assistant camera
Scott Kevan ... director of photography: second unit
Chris Lally ... key grip: second unit
Kenji Luster ... steadicam operator
Emily Mackley ... first assistant camera
Steve Madigan ... assistant camera: insert unit
Chris W. Martin ... electrician
Gabriel Olguin ... electrician
Michelle Opseth ... second assistant camera
Jason Paris ... grip
Scott Repp ... electrician
Sonja Rom ... director of photography: second unit
William Russell ... gaffer
Megan Schoenbachler ... electrician
Aaron Schulte ... electrician
Lisa Stacilauskas ... electrician
Holly Stein ... still photographer
Rick Tucker ... key grip
Tracy Tucker ... dolly grip
Isabella Vosmikova ... still photographer: second unit
Greg Williams ... underwater assistant camera: second unit
Benjamin Wolf ... first assistant camera: second unit (as Ben Wolf)
Anthony Bertola ... grip (uncredited)
John Hoffma ... grip (uncredited)
Josh Martin ... grip (uncredited)
Tom Stanger ... additional electrician (uncredited)
Alpheus Underhill ... grip (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Lauren Cohn ... casting associate
Sondra James ... voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Corrie Mendes ... costumer
Lisa Neil ... costumer
Allison Siegel ... costume supervisor

Location Management

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Max Medema ... location assistant
Robert Medema ... location manager
Susan Stoebner ... location assistant

Music Department

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Angelo Badalamenti ... orchestrator
James Flatto ... music editor
Phil Mann ... music recording engineer
Phil Marshall ... composer: additional music / musician: electronics / orchestrator
Beth Rosenblatt ... music supervisor (as Beth Amy Rosenblatt)
Daniel Nielsen ... composer: trailer music (uncredited)
William Pearson ... music engineer (uncredited)
John Wilson ... composer: trailer music (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Sharon Cingle ... script supervisor
Phil Rodowsky ... continuity and spotting
Todd Rodowsky ... continuity and spotting

Transportation Department

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Tom Calzia ... driver
John 'Bud' Cardos ... driver
P. Gerald Knight ... transportation captain
Jason Rider ... driver
Dan O. Wiseman ... driver
Mark E. Mobley ... driver (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Natalie Aston ... office production assistant
Marina Bailey ... unit publicist
Brian Bell ... production associate
Jenny Schweitzer Bell ... production associate (as Jenny Schweitzer)
D. Cole Berry ... set production assistant
Lloyd Clark ... craft service
Ron Coelho ... set production assistant
Alice Cohen ... legal services: Kauffman and Roban LLP
Clinton J. Collins ... stand-in: James Spader
Marlena De Fabrizio ... stand-in: Maggie Gyllenhaal (as Marlena Defabrizio)
Minnie Duerr ... production accountant
Sam Dunnavent ... stand-in: James Spader
John Dybdahl ... assistant to director
Louise Fenton ... production associate
Pablo Ferro ... titles consultant
Danny Gamez ... set production assistant
Scott Goldman ... assistant accountant
Carol Grant ... stand-in: Maggie Gyllenhaal (as Carol Lynn Grant)
Brenda Herrold ... set production assistant
Lu Cien Hioe ... production coordinator
Kristin Hjellegjerde ... stand-in: Maggie Gyllenhaal (as Kristin Hielleguerde)
Jan Kean ... unit publicist
Nora Killoran ... production associate
Carl Lawrence Ludwig ... production associate (as Carl Ludwig)
Kenneth Lui ... set production assistant
Richard Mancuso ... post-production accountant
Nicole Alexandra Miller ... stand-in: Maggie Gyllenhaal
Kathy O'Neill ... stand-in: Maggie Gyllenhaal
Leslie Parry ... set production assistant
Tara Platt ... assistant to director
Jason Rody ... production assistant: second unit (as Jason Rowdy)
Roy Ruiz ... security
Arantxa Silvestre ... set production assistant
Stephen Jeffries Smith ... set production assistant (as Stephen Jeffrey Smith)
Babette Sofer ... set production assistant
Eric Ustian ... set production assistant
Truman Van Dyke ... insurance
Spencer Wetmore ... set production assistant
Richard Yett ... stand-in: James Spader
Brian Bell ... development executive: Double A Films (uncredited)
Jenny Schweitzer Bell ... development executive: Double A Films (uncredited)
Louise Fenton ... product placement coordinator (uncredited)
Shyama Friedenson ... marketing: Lions Gate Films (uncredited)
Carol Grant ... stand-in: Lesley Ann Warren (uncredited)
Aaron Kogan ... production assistant (uncredited)
Alex Panagakis ... publicist (uncredited)
Angelique Pesce ... office assistant (uncredited)
Jane Pien ... production intern: Double A films (uncredited)
Peter Pamela Rose ... adr loop group (uncredited)
Karen Rudolph ... publicist: Germany (uncredited)
Bill Timoney ... adr voice group (uncredited)

Thanks

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Penny Allen ... special thanks
Julie Anderson ... special thanks
Bonnie Bernstein ... special thanks
Andrew Blauner ... special thanks
Vivian Bower ... special thanks
Rachel Boynton ... special thanks
Giulana Bruno ... special thanks (as Giuliana Bruno)
James Dowdall ... special thanks
Phyllis Ellis ... special thanks
Joe Funicello ... special thanks
Paul Graham ... special thanks
Juliane Grosso ... special thanks: Otto Nemenz (as Julianne Grosso)
Courtney Kivowitz ... special thanks
George Lane ... special thanks
Victoria Lang ... special thanks: Plus Films
John MacKenzie ... special thanks
Dezsö Magyar ... special thanks (as Dezso Magyar)
Grace Philips ... special thanks
Pier Paolo Piccoli ... special thanks: Plus Films (as Pier Piccoli)
Whitney Roban ... special thanks
Rick Rosenthal ... special thanks
John Gould Rubin ... special thanks
Martha Savelio ... special thanks: Entertainment Post
Scott Schachter ... special thanks
Amy Schiffman ... special thanks
Steve Schwartz ... special thanks
Lawrence Shainberg ... special thanks
Ken Shepherd ... special thanks
John Shepphird ... special thanks
Lainie Sorkin Becky ... special thanks (as Lainie Sorkin)
John Tempereau ... special thanks
Alex Wengert ... special thanks: Otto Nemenz
Lois Wilson ... special thanks

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Special Effects

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

An emotionally fragile woman recently released from a mental hospital for self mutilation goes to school to gain secretarial skills to gain employment. She has an alcoholic father and a co-dependent mother who are clueless as to who she really is which a tormented soul who really wants to find something with which she can find success. She is a great secretary and finds a job with a unique, old fashioned, but off center in charge boss with a somewhat sadistic sexual proclivity. She grows and evolves and so does he. Written by kateann1027

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Also Known As
  • La secrétaire (France)
  • Secretary - Womit kann ich dienen? (Germany)
  • La secretaria (Spain)
  • 秘书 (China, Mandarin title)
  • 风流老板俏秘书 (China, Mandarin title)
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Runtime
  • 107 min
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Box Office

Budget $4,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend United States $182,306, 22 Sep 2002
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $9,304,609

Did You Know?

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Trivia In a 2018 interview Maggie Gyllenhaal called her role in Secretary "the first time that I was given a role where I could express something about myself," describing taking the role of Lee as an opportunity to "explore something that's on the edge of what I know about myself but with the protection of fiction." She also gave director Steven Shainberg a lot of credit for his collaborative approach, describing him as "interested in me as an artist, was interested in what I was offering, and the way that shifted the story, as opposed to whatever he had imagined before I got there." See more »
Goofs All the cars in the film have Florida license plates on the front of the car. Florida only has back plates. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Episode #10.42 (2002). See more »
Soundtracks Whatchamacallit See more »
Crazy Credits The legal disclaimer has typing errors: * "fictitious" is misspelled "ficticious" * "unintentional" is misspelled "unitentional" * unauthorized use of the film is warned as resulting in "civil liberty" instead of "civil liability" See more »
Quotes [Mr. Grey asks Lee why she cuts herself]
E. Edward Grey: Why do you cut yourself, Lee?
Lee: I don't know.
E. Edward Grey: Is it that sometimes the pain inside has to come to the surface and when you see evidence of the pain inside, you finally know you're really here? Then, when you watch the wound heal, it's comforting. Isn't it?
Lee: I... That's a way to put it.
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