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Henry Fool
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Henry Fool (1997) -- Simon is a garbage man with a poet’s spirit, an addled mom, and an angry sad eyed sister. Parker Posey and Thomas Jay Ryan meet Henry Fool in this bizarrely dark indie comedy.
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Overview

User Rating:
7.1/10   3,769 votes
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Director:
Hal Hartley
Writers:
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Release Date:
19 June 1998 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Plot:
Socially inept garbage man Simon is befriended by Henry Fool, a witty roguish, but talent-less novelist... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
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(4 articles)
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User Comments:
4 out of four stars more (80 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Thomas Jay Ryan ... Henry Fool

James Urbaniak ... Simon Grim

Parker Posey ... Fay Grim
Maria Porter ... Mary

James Saito ... Mr. Deng

Kevin Corrigan ... Warren

Liam Aiken ... Ned
Miho Nikaido ... Gnoc Deng
Gene Ruffini ... Officer Buñuel
Nicholas Hope ... Father Hawkes
Diana Ruppe ... Amy
Veanne Cox ... Laura
Jan Leslie Harding ... Vicky
Chaylee Worrall ... Pearl (age 7)

Christy Carlson Romano ... Pearl - Age 14 (as Christy Romano)
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for strong sexuality, violence and language.
Runtime:
137 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby

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Quotes:
Henry Fool: Look, Simon, I made love to your mother about half an hour ago, and now I'm beginning to think that maybe it wasn't such a good idea. more
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Referenced in Lonesome Jim (2005) more

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful.
4 out of four stars, 25 September 1998
Author: simon grim (hombres_armados@yahoo.com) from jacksonville, florida

Henry Fool is a wonderful film, easily one of the year's best (so I decided to take on the name of one of the main characters). I went to the movie despite the fact that Hal Hartley's previous films have never done much for me, his style of storytelling never really appealed to me. I'm glad I went. Great performances all around, working with a literate script (that manages to remain so even during the film's much written about vomiting and defecation scenes), plus a great soundtrack, composed by Hartley himself.

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