Short-Term Bonds
1989-04-21 · 9 min · Not rated
Wall Street business executives Bowers and his assistant Lisa get stuck in an elevator where the lingo of commerce is transformed into the language of love.
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- Directors
- Michael Lengsfield
- Production companies
- Columbia University School of the Arts
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- Released
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Lise HilboldtLisa
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