 Steven Soderbergh gave the producers a list of possible titles for  the film, including 46:02, Retinal Retention, Charged Coupling  Device, Mode: Visual, Sex, Lies, and Videotape, and Hidden Agendas.  Soderberg was heavily in favor of 46:02 (the supposed running time  of the tape Ann makes for Graham; the running time appears in the  script but not in the final film), but the producers chose Sex,  Lies, and Videotape immediately.