Tropic of Cancer (film)
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Tropic of Cancer is a 1970 American drama film directed by Joseph Strick and written by Betty Botley and Joseph Strick. It is based on Henry Miller's autobiographical novel Tropic of Cancer. The film stars Rip Torn, James T. Callahan, David Baur, Laurence Lignères, Phil Brown and Dominique Delpierre. The film was released on February 27, 1970, by Paramount Pictures.
Filming took place on location in Paris, produced by Joseph Strick with some help from the author, whose persona was portrayed by Rip Torn and his wife Mona by Ellen Burstyn. The novel had provided a test for American laws on pornography in the early 1960s, and the film was rated X in the United States, which was later changed to an NC-17 rating in 1992. In the UK the film was refused a theatrical 'X' certificate by the BBFC. Strick had previously adapted other works of literature - Jean Genet's The Balcony and James Joyce's Ulysses. The film is available on YouTube, although YouTube falsely labeled it as unrated in order to carry it.
Plot
Cast
- Rip Torn as Henry Miller
- Ellen Burstyn (uncredited) as Mona Miller
- James T. Callahan as Fillmore
- David Baur as Carl
- Laurence Lignères as Ginette
- Phil Brown as Van Norden
- Dominique Delpierre as Vite Cheri
- Magali Noël as The Princess
- Raymond Gérôme as M. Le Censeur
- Ginette Leclerc as Madame Hamilton
- Sabine Sun as Elsa
- Sheila Steafel as Tania
- Gladys Berry as American Lady
- George Birt as Sylvester
- Stuart de Silva as Ranji
- Steve Eckardt as Cronstadt
- Philippe Gasté as Train Passenger
- Gisèle Grimm as Germaine
- Eléonore Hirt as Yvette
- Jo Lefevre as Accordionist
- Françoise Lugagne as Iréne
- Edward Marcus as Boris
- Henry Miller as Spectator
- Christine Oscar as Helen
- Elliott Sullivan as Peckover
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