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Henry Fool is a american film of genre Drama directed by Hal Hartley released in USA on 19 june 1998 with James Urbaniak
Henry Fool (1998)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 19 june 1998
Length 2h17
Directed by Hal Hartley
OriginUSA
Themes Films about writers
Rating70%
Henry Fool is a 1997 American black comedy-drama film written, produced and directed by Hal Hartley, featuring Thomas Jay Ryan, James Urbaniak, and Parker Posey. As in The Unbelievable Truth, an earlier Hartley film, expectation and reality again conflict.
The film won the best screenplay award at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. A sequel, titled Fay Grim, was released in 2007. Another sequel, titled Ned Rifle, was released in 2015.
Synopsis
Socially inept garbage-man Simon Grim is befriended by Henry Fool, a witty rogue and untalented novelist. Henry opens the world of literature to Simon, and inspires him to write "the great American poem". Simon struggles to get his work recognized, and it is often dismissed as pornographic tat, but Henry continues to push and inspire Simon to get the poem published.Actors
James Urbaniak
(Simon Grim)
Thomas Jay Ryan
(Henry Fool)
Parker Posey
(Fay Grim)
Liam Aiken
(Ned)
James Saito
(Mr. Deng)
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