About Henry
| Movie | |
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| German title | About Henry |
| Original title | Regarding Henry |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1991 |
| length | 102 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Mike Nichols |
| script | JJ Abrams |
| production | Mike Nichols, Scott Rudin |
| music | Hans Zimmer |
| camera | Giuseppe Rotunno |
| cut | Sam O'Steen |
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Regarding Henry (Original title: Regarding Henry ) is an American drama directed by Mike Nichols from 1991 . Harrison Ford plays the leading role . JJ Abrams wrote the script . The film is about a successful lawyer from New York City who loses his memory after a robbery and wins it back through the love of his family.
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Henry Turner is a celebrated successful attorney with a prestigious New York law firm. In his own circles he is considered professional. But in fact he is callous and unsympathetic and wins hopeless cases with the help of questionable methods. Thanks to his success, he lives with his wife Sarah and his little daughter in luxurious circumstances, but is hardly interested in family matters.
One evening Henry leaves the house to get cigarettes. He witnessed a robbery and was struck down with a headshot. With a lot of luck, Henry will survive, but he can no longer speak, no longer walk and cannot remember anything from his life. Like a little child, Henry has to learn everything all over again. He is fed and rebuilt and trained in rehabilitation.
After a long stay in hospital, Henry is released back into his old life. He is welcomed by a house and a family that he no longer remembers. With the weeks of convalescence , he gradually realizes the intolerance and coldness with which he lived. He uncovered an affair that he had had (but also an affair of his wife) and reluctantly looked at the files of his cases, which he had worked through with malicious determination in favor of the company on the back of those who suffered.
In the end, Henry leaves the company. His wife Sarah must first endure the disgrace in their luxurious company. Henry finds his place in society and turns into a loving father and husband. This makes it indifferent that they give up the luxurious life for financial reasons. Love prevails at the end of the film.
Reviews
The film received very different reviews from the critics, but overall it was better received by viewers than by professional critics.
"The uninspired direction is completely subordinate to the superficial script, which almost completely neglects its characters in favor of strung together clichés and relies entirely on superficial comic or dramatic effects."
"Thanks to the good actors, this maudlin handicap story still resulted in acceptable food, because normally a career horny manager gets such a disability at most from a stress-related stroke, but when the unexpected illness helps to create a better person ..."
"Great actors in a subtle character study."
“Sometimes movingly told story of a forced character change. Harrison Ford is convincing as a helpless 'child' - but the other actors unfortunately remain just as pale for long periods as the direction of Mike Nichols. "
Awards
Annette Bening won the London Critics Circle Film Award . The film was nominated for the Young Artist Award in two categories .
publication
After the film opened in US theaters on July 12, 1991, it grossed 43 million US dollars. 299,390 moviegoers saw the film after his start in German cinemas on September 26, 1991. And after Regarding Henry in April 1992 on VHS appeared, he ran for the first time on 23 April 1993 on Premiere and on since 1 November 2003 DVD available.
Web links
- Regarding Henry in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- In the matter of Henry in the German dubbing file
- When it comes to Henry on Moviemaze
Individual evidence
- ↑ In the matter of Henry. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ In the matter of Henry on prisma.de , accessed on October 20, 2011
- ↑ TV feature film
- ↑ Moviemaster.de
- ↑ Regarding Henry on boxofficemojo.com (English), accessed October 20, 2011
- ↑ TOP 100 DEUTSCHLAND 1991 on insidekino.de , accessed on October 20, 2011