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Boxing Helena
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| Boxing Helena | |
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| Directed by | Jennifer Lynch |
| Produced by | Philippe Caland |
| Written by | Philippe Caland (story) Jennifer Lynch |
| Starring | Sherilyn Fenn Julian Sands Bill Paxton Kurtwood Smith Art Garfunkel |
| Music by | Graeme Revell |
| Cinematography | Bojan Bazelli Frank Byers |
| Editing by | David Finfer |
| Distributed by | Orion Pictures |
| Release date(s) | September 3 1993 |
| Running time | 107 min |
| Language | English |
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Boxing Helena is the 1993 debut feature film by Jennifer Lynch, daughter of David Lynch. The film stars Sherilyn Fenn as the titular Helena and Julian Sands. The film revolves around the sexual fetishism of acrotomophilia.
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Nick Cavanaugh (Sands) is a lonely Atlanta surgeon who is obsessed with Helena (Fenn). After she is injured in a grievous hit-and-run motor vehicle accident in front of his home, he kidnaps and treats her in his house surreptitiously, which includes medically amputating both of her legs. Later on, he continues by amputating her healthy arms as well.
Even though Helena is the victim of Nick's kidnapping and mutilation, she dominates the dialogue with her constant emasculating ridicule of him for all of his shortcomings. After some time living together she becomes lonely and returns his affection.
At the end, it is revealed that everything from the time of Helena's accident is merely a dream which Nick has been having.
- Sherilyn Fenn as Helena
- Julian Sands as Doctor Nick Cavanaugh
- Bill Paxton as Ray O'Malley
- Kurtwood Smith as Doctor Alan Palmer
- Art Garfunkel as Doctor Lawrence Augustine
- Betsy Clark as Anne Garrett
- Nicolette Scorsese as Fantasy Lover/Nurse
- Meg Register as Marion Cavanaugh
- Bryan Smith as Russell
- Marla Levine as Patricia
- Kim Lentz as Nurse Diane
- Lloyd T. Williams as Sam the Clerk
- Carl Mazzocone Sr. as Pastor (as Carl Mazzocone Sr.)
- Erik Shoaff as Uncle Charlie
- Lisa Oz as Flower Shop Girl
The film was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival. However, the media critically mauled it on its release. It is also remembered for the legal battle that ensued when original star Kim Basinger backed out, and was eventually slapped with a jury verdict for $8,135,216.05. Detractors of the film have called this "the best eight million dollars Basinger ever spent", although the verdict was set aside on appeal in 1994.