Holding Out

Lauren Fontaine, a high-flying financial executive, jokes about initiating a sex strike to protest Congress' refusal to impeach the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, who drove his wife to suicide with years of abuse. When a group of feminists seizes upon the abstinence idea, Lauren is suddenly at the forefront of a movement that captures the world's attention. HBO paid more than $300,000 for the rights to this story.