Boxing Helena

Boxing Helena is a 1993 American mystery thriller-horror film directed by Jennifer Lynch, and starring Sherilyn Fenn, Julian Sands and Bill Paxton. The film garnered notoriety prior to its release after notorious legal battles with Madonna and Kim Basinger, both of whom backed out of the leading role of Helena. It debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in January 1993, where it received critical praise. After receiving an NC-17 rating by the MPAA, the film was given an R-rating on appeal and released in the United States in September 1993, but received critical backlash and was a financial failure.

Boxing Helena

Boxing Helena is a 1993 American mystery thriller-horror film directed by Jennifer Lynch, and starring Sherilyn Fenn, Julian Sands and Bill Paxton. The film garnered notoriety prior to its release after notorious legal battles with Madonna and Kim Basinger, both of whom backed out of the leading role of Helena. It debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in January 1993, where it received critical praise. After receiving an NC-17 rating by the MPAA, the film was given an R-rating on appeal and released in the United States in September 1993, but received critical backlash and was a financial failure.