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Henry & June (1990): The first major studio picture with an NC-17 rating
A bold treatment of Anais Nin's racy diaries, Henry & June is the first major studio feature film to be released as NC-17 -- a revised rating designed to distinguish serious erotic films from straight-on porn. The provocative bio-drama revolves around a love triangle of memoirist Nin (Maria de Medeiros), Tropic of Cancer author Henry Miller (Fred Ward), and Miller's bisexual wife June (a 19-year-old Uma Thurman) in 1930s bohemian Paris. The new rating remains a stigma. Thereafter many directors/studios afraid of NC-17 release their films as unrated or reluctantly cut and re-edit them to receive R ratings.
Henry & June, Maria de Medeiros, Fred Ward, Uma Thurman, 1990. Courtesy of the Everett Collection.
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