Boxing Helena

Boxing Helena
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJennifer Chambers Lynch
Screenplay byJennifer Chambers Lynch
Story byPhilippe Caland
Produced by
  • Philippe Caland
  • Carl Mazzocone
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byDavid Finfer
Music byGraeme Revell
Production
company
Main Line Pictures
Distributed by
Release date
  • September 3, 1993 (1993-09-03)
Running time
105 minutes[3]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.8 million[4]

Boxing Helena is a 1993 American avant-garde thriller film directed by Jennifer Lynch and starring Sherilyn Fenn, Julian Sands, and Bill Paxton.[5][6] Before its release, the film's production was hampered by legal battles with Madonna and Kim Basinger, who both backed out of playing Helena. The film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in January 1993, where it was received poorly.[6] After receiving an NC-17 rating from the MPAA, the film was given an R rating on appeal and released in the United States in September 1993. It was a critical and financial failure.[6]

  1. ^ "Boxing Helena (1993)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference nyt was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "BOXING HELENA (18)". British Board of Film Classification. April 2, 1993. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference mojo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "'Boxing Helena' Director's Debut Plunges Her Into Gender Wars". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved October 24, 2010.
  6. ^ a b c Weinstein, Steve (August 29, 1993). "Shadow Boxing : 'Helena' director fears that with the heavily publicized baggage about Madonna and Kim Basinger accompanying the film, practically no one will see without prejudice the movie she, David Lynch's daughter, made". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 22, 2022. The film was poorly received when it debuted at the Sundance Film Festival last January, and in England