Editing Waiting to Exhale (section)

{{short description|1995 film by Forest Whitaker}}
{{about||the TV episode|Waiting to Exhale (Dexter)}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Waiting to Exhale
| image          = WaitingExhale.jpg
| alt            =
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Forest Whitaker]]
| screenplay     = [[Terry McMillan]]<br />[[Ronald Bass]]
| based_on       = {{Based on|''Waiting to Exhale''|Terry McMillan}}
| producer       = {{Plainlist|
* Deborah Schindler
* [[Ezra Swerdlow]]
}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Whitney Houston]]
* [[Angela Bassett]]
* [[Loretta Devine]]
* [[Lela Rochon]]
}}
| cinematography = [[Toyomichi Kurita]]
| editing        = [[Richard Chew]]
| music          = [[Babyface (musician)|Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds]]
| distributor    = [[20th Century Fox]]
| released       = {{Film date|1995|12|22}}
| runtime        = 124 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $16 million
| gross          = $82 million
}}

'''''Waiting to Exhale''''' is a 1995 American [[romantic comedy]]-[[drama (film and television)|drama]] film directed by [[Forest Whitaker]] (in his [[List of directorial debuts|feature film directorial debut]]) and starring [[Whitney Houston]] and [[Angela Bassett]]. The film was adapted from the 1992 novel of the same name by [[Terry McMillan]]. [[Lela Rochon]], [[Loretta Devine]], [[Dennis Haysbert]], [[Michael Beach]], [[Gregory Hines]], [[Donald Faison]], and [[Mykelti Williamson]] rounded out the rest of the cast. The original music score was composed by [[Babyface (musician)|Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds]]. The story centers on four women living in the [[Phoenix metropolitan area]] and their relationships with men and one another.