Movie
Benny & Joon
Overview
A mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.
Details
- Release date
- 1993-04-16
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Roth/Arnold Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Johnny Depp as Sam
- Mary Stuart Masterson as Juniper 'Joon' Pearl
- Aidan Quinn as Benjamin 'Benny' Pearl
- Julianne Moore as Ruthie
- Oliver Platt as Eric
- CCH Pounder as Dr. Garvey
- Dan Hedaya as Thomas
- Joe Grifasi as Mike
- William H. Macy as Randy Burch
- Liane Curtis as Claudia
- Eileen Ryan as Mrs. Smail
- Lynette Walden as Female Customer
Crew
- Jeremiah S. Chechik - Director
- Lesley McNeil - Writer
- Barry Berman - Writer
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