Henry & June

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 90’s (1884 movies items)

" Based on a novel by Anais Nin, in1931 Paris, Anais Nin meets Henry Miller and his wife June. Intrigued by them both, she begins expanding her sexual horizons with her husband Hugo as well as with Henry and others. June shuttles between Paris and New York trying to find acting jobs while Henry works on his first major work, "Tropic of Cancer," a pseudo-biography of June. Anais and Hugo help finance the book, but June is displeased with Henry's portrayal of her, and Anais and Henry have many a"

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 90’s (1884 movies items)

" Based on a novel by Anais Nin, in1931 Paris, Anais Nin meets Henry Miller and his wife June. Intrigued by them both, she begins expanding her sexual horizons with her husband Hugo as well as with Henry and others. June shuttles between Paris and New York trying to find acting jobs while Henry works on his first major work, "Tropic of Cancer," a pseudo-biography of June. Anais and Hugo help finance the book, but June is displeased with Henry's portrayal of her, and Anais and Henry have many a"

Favorite Drama Films: 1990-1991 (111 movies items)

" Directed by: Phillip Kaufman Produced by: Peter Kaufman and Yannoulla Wakefield Written by: Phillip Kaufman and Rose Kaufman Based on the book by: Anais Nin Cinematography: Philippe Rousselot Edited by: Dede Allen, Vivien Hillgrove Gilliam, and William S. Scharf Music by: Mark Adler Distributed by: Universal Pictures "

Best Films of 1990 (90 movies items)

"The prequel to Benny & Joon?"

An average movie

“For some rather obscure reason, it has been a movie that I wanted to watch for so many years. I mean, before watching the damned thing, I didn't even know that it was actually dealing with Henry Miller, one of my favorite writers. Well, eventually, even though the material was quite awesome and this movie had some potential to be amazing, it turned to be only a decent watch, I'm afraid. The first thing that bothered me was, while most of the cast was pretty much spot on (Maria de Medeiros, Uma Thurman, Richard E. Grant), I thought that Fred Ward was a really disappointing choice to play Henry Miller. Indeed, I have nothing really against Ward, he was apparently a last minute replacement after Alec Baldwin left this project just before they started to shoot, but the guy was never really con” read more

Actors Who Played Real Writers (28 movies items)

"Maria de Medeiros, Fred Ward and Uma Thurman Fred Ward as Henry Miller"