Tropic of Cancer (1970)
- Starring:
- Rip Torn, James Callahan, (more)
- Director(s):
- Joseph Strick
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NC17
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Three years after cinematizing James Joyce's long-censored Ulysses, Joseph Strick mounted an adaptation of another racy literary work -- Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer. Rip Torn plays Miller, an American expatriate author living -- and loving -- in 1920s Paris. The much-vaunted sex scenes were hot enough in 1970 to earn the film an X-rating, and an NC-17 when the film was re-rated in 1992. Ellen Burstyn (then billed as Ellen MacRae) has a few effective scenes as Miller's long-suffering wife, Mona; Phil Kaufman later elaborated on her character in the 1990 film Henry & June. Henry Miller himself appears in Tropic of Cancer, billed as a "spectator." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Complete Cast:
- Rip Torn - Henry Miller
- Ellen Burstyn - Mona
- Laurence Ligneres - Ginette
- Gisele Grimm - Germaine
- Magali Noël - The Princess
- Philippe Gaste - Train Passenger
- Guy Marly - Dog Lover
- Henry Miller - Spectator
- James Callahan - Fillmore
- David Bauer - Carl
- Phil Brown - Van Norden
- Ginette Leclerc - Madame Hamilton
- Sabine Sun - Elsa
- Roger Lumont - Cafe Patron
- Ed Marcus - Boris
- Raymond Gerome - Headmaster
- Director(s):
- Joseph Strick
- Writer(s):
- Betty Botley, Joseph Strick
- Producer(s):
- Joseph Strick
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NC17(Strong Sexual Content, Nudity, Not For Children)
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