Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
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Original Poster by Saul Bass
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| Directed by | Otto Preminger |
| Produced by | Otto Preminger |
| Screenplay by | Marjorie Kellogg |
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Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon by Marjorie Kellogg |
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Liza Minnelli Ken Howard Robert Moore James Coco Kay Thompson Fred Williamson |
| Music by | Philip Springer |
| Cinematography | Boris Kaufman |
| Edited by | Henry Herman Dean O. Ball |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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113 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon is a 1970 American comedy-drama film directed and produced by Otto Preminger. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Marjorie Kellogg.
The film stars Liza Minnelli as the title character Junie Moon, a girl whose face is scarred in a vicious battery acid attack by her boyfriend (Ben Piazza). Later in an institution, she meets a man with epilepsy (Ken Howard), and a gay paraplegic who uses a wheelchair (Robert Moore). Disabled, but not down, they live together in an older, rented house and bond, determined to prove themselves and to help each other.
Unlike Liza Minnelli's previous film, 1969's The Sterile Cuckoo, which was a triumph artistically and financially, as well as netting Minnelli an Oscar nomination as Best Actress, Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon was a quick and resounding failure with critics and at the box office. It was virtually forgotten. Minnelli's next film two years later, Cabaret, would not only win her the Academy Award but also establish her as a superstar. Olive Films announced in 2016 that it would release the film on DVD and Blu-ray for the first time on August 16, 2016.
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