Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970)

Director:

Otto Preminger

Writers:

Marjorie Kellogg (novel)
Marjorie Kellogg (screenplay)

Release Date:

11 May 1970 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

Junie Moon's face has been disfigured by ill-gotten burns, and depends on her friends and her wit to cope...

Plot Keywords:

Dysfunctional | Disfigurement | Based On Novel | Character Name In Title

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Liza Minnelli	...	Junie Moon
Ken Howard	...	Arthur
Robert Moore	...	Warren
James Coco	...	Mario
Kay Thompson	...	Miss Gregory
Fred Williamson	...	Beach Boy
Ben Piazza	...	Jesse
Emily Yancy	...	Solana
Leonard Frey	...	Guiles
Clarice Taylor	...	Minnie
James Beard	...	Sidney Wyner
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Paul Barstow	...	Schoolmaster
Ulla Bomser
Julie Bovasso	...	Ramona
Gina Collens	...	Lila (as Gina Collins)
Cynthia Korman
Anne Larson
Barbara Logan	...	Mother Moon
Mauraine Lorimer	...	Extra
Nancy Marchand	...	Nurse Oxford
Lynn Milgrim	...	Nurse Holt
Richard O'Barry	...	Joebee (as Ric O'Feldman)
Pacific Gas & Electric	...	Themselves
James David Pasternak	...	Artist (as James D. Pasternak)
Angelique Pettyjohn	...	Melissa
Anne Revere	...	Miss Farber
Pete Seeger	...	Pete Seeger with his song Old Devil Time
Elaine Shore	...	Mrs. Wyner
Guy Sorel	...	Dr. Gaines
Wayne Tippit	...	Dr. Miller
Donald Warnock	...	Funeral Attendee

Runtime:

113 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:X (cut) | USA:GP (original rating) | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Beverly, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Otto Preminger Films

Trivia:

Residents of Braintree, Massachusetts became extremely upset when they learned that Otto Preminger filmed a nude scene with Liza Minnelli in their local cemetery. Shortly after, he and his crew were accused of desecrating the graves and a lawsuit was brought against him. On 30 September 1970, Preminger was found not guilty of desecrating those graves.

Quotes:

[last lines]
Mario: [to a dog] I know this is tough for you, but you're going to like me... a lot. It takes a lifetime, and don't you forget it.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)

Soundtrack:

Elvira

Ask me if I forgive you,Liza Poo

And I'm lapping from a deep Liza Renaissance trough right now ... having screened NEW YORK, NEW YORK & CABARET with a friend in the past couple weeks, caught LUCKY LADY & TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME, JUNIE MOON on cable in the past 48 hours, with THE STERILE CUCKOO coming on within the next 24 ... Even dug into boxes during the wee hours this morning to recover the almost forgotten Pet Shop Boys produced RESULTS album ... this is scaring me! No scarier I dare say than Otto Preminger's scatter shot continuity on this picture, its stunning relentlessness at bleeding a tender hearted menagerie of social outcasts dry, Ms. Minnelli's rubbery lattice work of a facial scar... all quite hard to believe yet unforgettable.