Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
| Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon | |
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 Original Poster by Saul Bass | |
| Directed by | Otto Preminger |
| Screenplay by | Marjorie Kellogg |
| Based on | Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon by Marjorie Kellogg |
| Produced by | Otto Preminger |
| Starring | Liza Minnelli Ken Howard Robert Moore James Coco Kay Thompson Fred Williamson Pete Seeger |
| Cinematography | Boris Kaufman |
| Edited by | Henry Herman Dean O. Ball |
| Music by | Philip Springer |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon is a 1970 American comedy-drama film directed and produced by Otto Preminger.[1] The film is based on the 1968 novel of the same name by Marjorie Kellogg.
Plot
Junie Moon is a girl whose face was scarred in a vicious battery acid attack—by her boyfriend Jesse. In an institution, she meets Arthur, who lives with epilepsy, and Warren, a gay wheelchair-bound paraplegic. The trio are disabled but not down, and they decide to live together in an older, rented house, determined to help one another and to prove themselves.[2]
Cast
- Liza Minnelli as Junie Moon
- Ken Howard as Arthur
- Robert Moore as Warren
- James Coco as Mario
- Kay Thompson as Miss Gregory
- Fred Williamson as Beach Boy
- Ben Piazza as Jesse
- Emily Yancy as Solana
- Leonard Frey as Guiles
- Clarice Taylor as Minnie
- James Beard as Sidney Wyner
- Julie Bovasso as Ramona
- Gina Collens as Lila
- Barbara Logan as Mother Moon
- Nancy Marchand as Nurse Oxford
- Lynn Milgrim as Nurse Holt
- Ric O'Feldman as Joebee
- James D. Pasternak as Artist
- Angelique Pettyjohn as Melissa
- Anne Revere as Miss Farber
- Elaine Shore as Mrs. Wyner
- Guy Sorel as Dr. Gaines
- Wayne Tippit as Dr. Miller
Musicians
- Pete Seeger ("Old Devil Time")
- Pacific Gas & Electric ("The Rake", "Work Your Show", "Elvira")
Release and legacy
Unlike Minnelli's previous film, 1969's The Sterile Cuckoo, which was successful artistically and financially, as well as netting Minnelli an Oscar nomination as Best Actress, Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon was a failure with critics and at the box office. Cabaret, Minnelli's next film two years later, won her the Academy Award as Best Actress and established her as a major star. Olive Films announced that it would release Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon on DVD and Blu-ray for the first time on August 16, 2016.[3][4]
Awards
Otto Preminger was nominated for the Golden Palm at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
- ^ Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon at www.rogerebert.com
- ^ "Liza Minnelli's TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME, JUNIE MOON to Debut on Blu-ray". Broadway World. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
- ^ "LIZ SMITH: Tell Me That You Love Me". New York Social Diary. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
External links
- 1970 films
- 1970s comedy-drama films
- 1970s LGBT-related films
- American films
- American comedy-drama films
- American LGBT-related films
- English-language films
- Films about paraplegics or quadriplegics
- Films based on American novels
- Films directed by Otto Preminger
- Films scored by Philip Springer
- Films set in Massachusetts
- Films shot in Massachusetts
- Paramount Pictures films
- LGBT-related comedy-drama films