Editing Boxing Helena (section)

{{Short description|1993 US mystery thriller-horror film by Jennifer Lynch}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Boxing Helena
| image = FennBoxingHelena.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Jennifer Lynch|Jennifer Chambers Lynch]]
| producer = {{Plainlist|
* Philippe Caland
* Carl Mazzocone
}}
| screenplay = Jennifer Chambers Lynch
| story = Philippe Caland
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Julian Sands]]
* [[Sherilyn Fenn]]
* [[Bill Paxton]]
* [[Art Garfunkel]]
* Betsy Clark
* [[Kurtwood Smith]]}}
| music = [[Graeme Revell]]
| cinematography = {{Plainlist|
* [[Bojan Bazelli]]
* Frank Byers
}}
| editing = [[David Finfer]]
| studio = Main Line Pictures
| distributor = {{Plainlist|
* [[Orion Classics]] (North America)
* [[Republic Pictures]] (International)<ref>{{cite web|title=Boxing Helena (1993)|website=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]|access-date=4 May 2023|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/59474-BOXING-HELENA?sid=689a9ce6-b0bf-41ab-9bd1-5732de70e49d&sr=11.6700115&cp=1&pos=0}}</ref><ref name=nyt/>
}}
| released = {{Film date|1993|09|03}}
| runtime = 105 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 104:59--><ref>{{cite web | url=http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/boxing-helena-1970-0 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224212206/http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/boxing-helena-1970-0 | url-status=dead | archive-date=February 24, 2016 | title=''BOXING HELENA'' (18) | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=April 2, 1993 | access-date=February 16, 2016}}</ref>
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = 
| gross = $1.8 million<ref name=mojo/>
}}
'''''Boxing Helena''''' is a 1993 American [[avant-garde]] [[Thriller film|thriller]] film directed by [[Jennifer Lynch]] and starring [[Sherilyn Fenn]], [[Julian Sands]], and [[Bill Paxton]].<ref>{{cite news|title= 'Boxing Helena' Director's Debut Plunges Her Into Gender Wars|work=Orlando Sentinel|url= https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1993/09/04/boxing-helena-directors-debut-plunges-her-into-gender-wars/|access-date=October 24, 2010}}</ref><ref name="latimes">{{cite news |last1=Weinstein |first1=Steve |title=Shadow Boxing : 'Helena' director fears that with the heavily publicized baggage about Madonna and Kim Basinger accompanying the film, practically no one will see without prejudice the movie she, David Lynch's daughter, made |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-29-ca-29280-story.html |access-date=22 December 2022 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=29 August 1993 |quote=The film was poorly received when it debuted at the Sundance Film Festival last January, and in England}}</ref> Before its release, the film's production was hampered by legal battles with [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] and [[Kim Basinger]], who both backed out of playing Helena. The film debuted at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] in January 1993 where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize for Dramatic Feature.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106471/awards/</ref> After receiving an [[NC-17]] rating from the [[MPAA]], the film was given an R rating on appeal and released in the United States in September 1993. It was a critical and financial failure.<ref name="latimes" />