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Henry & June

  • 19901990
  • NC-17NC-17
  • 2h 16m
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6.3/10
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Uma Thurman and Fred Ward in Henry & June (1990)
  • Biography
  • Drama
Anaïs Nin meets the American writer, Henry Miller, in Paris in 1931. She keeps a diary of her sexual awakening which includes Henry and his wife, June.Anaïs Nin meets the American writer, Henry Miller, in Paris in 1931. She keeps a diary of her sexual awakening which includes Henry and his wife, June.Anaïs Nin meets the American writer, Henry Miller, in Paris in 1931. She keeps a diary of her sexual awakening which includes Henry and his wife, June.
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
13K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,770
398
  • Director
    • Philip Kaufman
  • Writers
    • Anaïs Nin(book)
    • Philip Kaufman(screenplay)
    • Rose Kaufman(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Fred Ward
    • Uma Thurman
    • Maria de Medeiros
Top credits
  • Director
    • Philip Kaufman
  • Writers
    • Anaïs Nin(book)
    • Philip Kaufman(screenplay)
    • Rose Kaufman(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Fred Ward
    • Uma Thurman
    • Maria de Medeiros
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    • 59User reviews
    • 33Critic reviews
    • 62Metascore
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 1 win & 5 nominations total

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    Uma Thurman and Maria de Medeiros in Henry & June (1990)
    Maria de Medeiros and Fred Ward in Henry & June (1990)
    Richard E. Grant, Maria de Medeiros, and Fred Ward in Henry & June (1990)
    Uma Thurman in Henry & June (1990)
    Maria de Medeiros and Philip Kaufman in Henry & June (1990)
    Richard E. Grant in Henry & June (1990)
    Fred Ward in Henry & June (1990)
    Uma Thurman, Maria de Medeiros, and Fred Ward in Henry & June (1990)
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    Fred Ward
    Fred Ward
    • Henry Milleras Henry Miller…
    Uma Thurman
    Uma Thurman
    • June Milleras June Miller…
    Maria de Medeiros
    Maria de Medeiros
    • Anaïsas Anaïs…
    Richard E. Grant
    Richard E. Grant
    • Hugoas Hugo…
    Kevin Spacey
    Kevin Spacey
    • Osbornas Osborn
    Jean-Philippe Écoffey
    Jean-Philippe Écoffey
    • Eduardoas Eduardo
    • (as Jean-Philippe Ecoffey)
    • …
    Bruce Myers
    • Jackas Jack…
    Juan Luis Buñuel
    Juan Luis Buñuel
    • Publisheras Publisher
    • (as Jean-Luis Bunuel)
    • …
    Féodor Atkine
    Féodor Atkine
    • Spanish Dance Instructoras Spanish Dance Instructor
    • (as Feodor Atkine)
    Sylvie Huguel
    • Emiliaas Emilia…
    Artus de Penguern
    • Brassaïas Brassaï
    Pierre Étaix
    Pierre Étaix
    • Henry's Friend 1as Henry's Friend 1
    • (as Pierre Etaix)
    Pierre Edernac
    • Henry's Friend 2 - Magicianas Henry's Friend 2 - Magician
    Gaëtan Bloom
    • Henry's Friend 3 - Magicianas Henry's Friend 3 - Magician
    • (as Gaetan Bloom)
    Alexandre De Gall
    • Henry's Friend 4 - Clownas Henry's Friend 4 - Clown
    Karine Couvelard
    • Osborn's Girlfriendas Osborn's Girlfriend
    Louis Bessières
    • Accordionistas Accordionist
    • (as Louis Bessieres)
    Erika Maury-Lascoux
    • Contortionist 1as Contortionist 1
    • Director
      • Philip Kaufman
    • Writers
      • Anaïs Nin(book)
      • Philip Kaufman(screenplay)
      • Rose Kaufman(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      This movie precipitated the creation of the NC-17 MPAA rating, which it earned in place of an "X". The two to three second shot of Anaïs Nin (Maria de Medeiros) looking at an explicit illustrated postcard involving a Japanese woman and a squid, less than three minutes into the opening credits of the film, was the cause of the NC-17 rating.
    • Quotes

      June Miller: I've done the vilest things - the foulest things - but I've done them... superbly.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Pacific Heights/King of New York/Miller's Crossing/Texasville (1990)
    • Soundtracks
      Barnacle Bill The Sailor
      Composed by Frank Luther

      Performed by Fred Ward

    User reviews59

    Review
    Top review
    5/10
    Nudity doesn't necessarily equate with eroticism
    In 1931 Paris, French authoress Anaïs Nin, doing a study on D.H. Lawrence, finds herself intrigued by different variations of sexuality; she and her husband Hugo Guiler are drawn into friendship with Americans Henry Miller and his volatile bisexual wife, June. Miller, the unpublished New York writer just on the verge of a breakthrough with "Tropic of Cancer", sees Anaïs as a sexy child and has a half-hearted affair with her, but June Miller's feelings seem to go much deeper. Maria de Medeiros as Nin has a marvelous face and graceful manner that nearly manage to keep this handsome but unenlightening sexual odyssey together. Director Philip Kaufman hopes to be as uninhibited as his characters but, despite an NC-17 rating, his sexual sequences feel truncated (and when nudity is trotted out--as in the whorehouse sequence--it fails to stand in for true eroticism). Fred Ward, always worth a look, seems held back as Miller, restrained, and he's not helped by a bald plate which at times looks unconvincing; Uma Thurman has a smaller role as June, and Kaufman allows her to pose and smolder a bit too much, but she's looser on the screen and brings the narrative some much-needed danger. The picture has a lot of ambiance and is briskly paced and fancifully told, but it just doesn't succeed at being a risk-taking exploration of human sexuality simply because Kaufman takes so few risks. ** from ****
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    • Release date
      • October 5, 1990 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • France
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Henry and June
    • Filming locations
      • France
    • Production companies
      • Universal Pictures
      • Walrus & Associates
      • Ministère de la Culture de la Republique Française
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $11,567,449
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $1,032,942
      • Oct 8, 1990
    • Gross worldwide
      • $23,472,449
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 16 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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