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  • Release Date: 2003
  • Widescreen version enhanced for 16:9 TVs
  • Dolby Digital: English 5.1 Surround, English Dolby Surround, French Stereo
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  • English subtitles

  • Rating: StarStar
  • Genre: Drama
  • Movie Type: Medical Drama
  • Themes: Amnesia, Redemption, Living With Disability
  • Director: Mike Nichols
  • Main Cast: Harrison Ford, Annette Bening, Bill Nunn, Mikki Allen, Donald Moffat
  • Release Year: 1991
  • Country: US
  • Run Time: 107 minutes
  • MPAA Rating: PG13

Plot

Combining elements of A Christmas Carol and Rain Man (1988), this modern-day parable of greed and redemption was crafted with generous helpings of sentimentality by director Mike Nicholas. Harrison Ford stars as Henry Turner, a slick, ruthless corporate attorney willing to spin any falsehood to win a case. A bully to his teenage daughter Rachel (Mikki Allen), Henry also cheats on his wife Sarah (Annette Bening) and treats everyone from the maid to his assistant with cruel selfishness. Stepping out to a local mini-market for a pack of cigarettes late one night, Henry accidentally interrupts a burglary and is shot in the head by a stick-up artist. After a long coma, Henry survives only to find that he has no memory and must re-learn everything from reading to tying his shoes. Reborn as a friendly, childlike innocent, Henry charms his therapist (Bill Nunn) and reconnects with his wife and daughter, only to uncover some secrets about how truly appalling he once was. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Cast


Nancy Marchand - Headmistress (uncredited); Bruce Altman - Bruce; Peter Appel - Doorman; Robin Bartlett - Phyllis; Ralph Byers - Gerald; Louis Cantarini - Hot Dog Vendor; Alva Chinn - Lawyer; Julie Follansbee - Mrs. Matthews; Susan Forristal - Brenda; Jimmy Gardner - Lawyer; Mary Gilbert - Julia; Hollis Granville - Butler; Kia Graves - Jennifer; R.M. Haley - Court Clerk; Benjamin Hendrickson - Daniel; Harold House - Policeman; Mark Irish - Lawyer; Joan Kindred - Party Guest; John Leguizamo - Gunman; Aida Linares - Rosella; John A. MacKay - George; Cynthia Martells - ICU Nurse; Jack McLaughlin - Taxi Driver; Rebecca Miller - Linda; Kirby Mitchell - Rudy; Marjorie Monaghan - Julie; Harsh Nayyar - Store Owner; Suzann O'Neill - Real Estate Broker; Bernadette Penotti - Lawyer; May Quigley - Hillary; James Rebhorn - Dr. Sultan; William Severs - Lawyer; Brian Smiar - Dr. Marx; Kai Soremekun - Loretta; Henry Stram - Waiter; Stanley H. Swerdlow - Mr. Matthews; Glen Trotiner - Elevator Man; Emily Wachtel - Gloria; Jeffrey Abrams - Delivery Boy; Rob Reiner; Elizabeth Wilson - Jessica; Juliet Taylor; Ellen Lewis; Andrew Stone - Charlie's Secretary

Credit

Peter Bucossi - Stunts; Jeffrey Abrams - Co-producer; Jeffrey Abrams - Screenwriter; Susan Bode-Tyson - Set Designer; Cindy Carr - Set Designer; William Elliott - Art Director; Robert Greenhut - Executive Producer; Susan MacNair - Associate Producer; Amy Marshall - Set Designer; Mike Nichols - Director; Mike Nichols - Producer; Sam O'Steen - Editor; Ann Roth - Costume Designer; Giuseppe Rotunno - Cinematographer; Scott Rudin - Producer; Tony Walton - Production Designer; Hans Zimmer - Composer (Music Score); Joseph Hartwick - Production Manager; Juliet Taylor - Casting; Ellen Lewis - Casting; Daniel Davis - Art Director

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Wikipedia: Regarding Henry
Regarding Henry
Directed by Mike Nichols
Produced by J. J. Abrams
Robert Greenhut
Susan MacNair
Mike Nichols
Scott Rudin
Written by J. J. Abrams
Starring Harrison Ford
Annette Bening
Mikki Allen
Bill Nunn
Music by Hans Zimmer
Cinematography Giuseppe Rotunno
Editing by Sam O'Steen
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date(s) July 10, 1991
Running time 108 min.
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
Gross revenue $43,001,500
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Regarding Henry is a 1991 film directed by Mike Nichols, starring Harrison Ford and Annette Bening. The screenplay was written by J. J. Abrams. The original music score was composed by Hans Zimmer. The film's tagline is: "The story of a man who had everything, but found something more."

Plot

Ford plays a successful lawyer, Henry Turner, who has little time for his wife or daughter, until one night when he receives gunshot wounds to the head and chest, resulting in brain damage. One bullet hit the right frontal lobe, which controls some behavior and restraint. The more serious injury, however, was the bullet to the chest, which hit the sub-clavian artery and caused excessive internal bleeding and cardiac arrest. Henry experienced anoxia (also known as hypoxia), lack of oxygen to the brain, which caused most of the damage.

Henry survives, but he initially cannot move or talk or remember anyone or anything. He regains movement and speech with help from Bradley, his physical therapist. Henry returns home and discovers that he did not like the person he was before. He forges a new relationship with his wife and daughter and they are all the more happy for it.

Reception

Annette Bening won the newcomer of the year London Film Critics Circle award[1]; and the film was nominated for two Young Artist Awards: best family motion picture - drama, and best young actress starring in a motion picture for Mikki Allen.

Trivia

The movie was parodied in the Rugrats episode "Regarding Stuie" in which Stu receives a head injury and temporarily thinks he is a baby.

Some scenes in the movie were filmed in Millbrook, NY at the Millbrook School.

Main cast

Actor Role
Harrison Ford Henry Turner
Annette Bening Sarah Turner
Mikki Allen Rachel Turner
Bill Nunn Bradley
Donald Moffat Charlie Cameron
James Rebhorn Dr. Sultan
Bruce Altman Bruce
Elizabeth Wilson Jessica
Rebecca Miller Linda

References

  1. ^ International newcomer of the year. London Film Critics Circle. Retrieved on 2006-03-19.

External links

Films directed by Mike Nichols

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) • The Graduate (1967) • Catch-22 (1970) • Carnal Knowledge (1971) • The Day of the Dolphin (1973) • The Fortune (1975) • Gilda Live (1980) • Silkwood (1983) • Heartburn (1986) • Biloxi Blues (1988) • Working Girl (1988) • Postcards from the Edge (1990) • Regarding Henry (1991) • Wolf (1994) • The Birdcage (1996) • Primary Colors (1998) • What Planet Are You From? (2000) • Closer (2004) • Charlie Wilson's War (2007)

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