Henry Fool
| Henry Fool | |
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 Promotional one-sheet |
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| Directed by | Hal Hartley |
| Produced by | Larry Meistrich Hal Hartley |
| Written by | Hal Hartley |
| Starring | Thomas Jay Ryan James Urbaniak Parker Posey Liam Aiken |
| Music by | Hal Hartley |
| Cinematography | Michael Spiller |
| Editing by | Steve Hamilton |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
| Release date(s) | September 7, 1997 (Toronto Film Festival) June 19, 1998 |
| Running time | 137 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Henry Fool is a 1997 American seriocomic film written, produced and directed by Hal Hartley, featuring Thomas Jay Ryan, James Urbaniak, and Parker Posey. As in The Unbelievable Truth, an earlier Hartley film, expectation and reality again conflict.
The film won the best screenplay award at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.[1] A sequel, titled Fay Grim, was released in 2007.
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[edit] Plot
Socially inept garbageman Simon Grim is befriended by Henry Fool, a witty rogue, but an untalented novelist. Henry opens the world of literature to Simon, who then writes "the great American poem.” As Simon begins his ascent to the dizzying heights of Nobel Prize-winning poet, Henry sinks to a life of drinking in low-life bars. Henry's own attempts at fame result only in rejection by the same publisher who contracts with Simon to distribute his work. The friends fall out and lose touch until Henry’s criminal past catches up with him and needs Simon’s help in fleeing the country.
[edit] Cast
- Thomas Jay Ryan as Henry Fool
- James Urbaniak as Simon Grim
- Parker Posey as Fay Grim
- Liam Aiken as Ned
- Maria Porter as Mary
- James Saito as Mr. Deng
- Kevin Corrigan as Warren
- Camille Paglia as herself
[edit] References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Henry Fool". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4910/year/1998.html. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
[edit] External links
- Henry Fool at AllRovi
- Henry Fool at the Internet Movie Database
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