As if that weren't enough, henry also has to recover his speech and mobility, in a life he no longer fits into. Harrison ford, the beloved silver screen icon with a career of defining roles, shares the same surname as the ford motor company founder, but are they related? An unscrupulous corporate lawyer, henry turner (harrison ford) will do whatever it takes to win a case, and treats his family with the same degree of ruthlessness.
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Regarding henry is a 1991 american drama film directed by mike nichols, starring harrison ford and annette bening.
Basically henry turner (harrison ford) is an ambitious and highly successful manhattan lawyer, but he is obsessed with work and has a callous, narcissistic, and sometimes unethical nature.
After being shot, a lawyer loses his memory and must relearn speech and mobility, but he has a loving family to support him. Henry turner is a very successful manhattan lawyer whose obsession with his work leaves him little time for his wife sarah and daughter rachel. Despite sharing the same surname, harrison ford is not related to henry ford. Now, faced with starting over, henry turner is about to learn the hard truth about a total stranger…himself.
Harrison ford as a lawyer recovering from a shooting that has left him brain damaged.
Fortunately, henry has a loving wife (annette bening), daughter, and an especially enthusiastic physical therapist to help him. From film 91, 17th june 1991. One of my favorite harrison ford movie. Harrison ford is fantastic as henry & the way their so called 'friends' fall away when tragedy strikes shows the darker side of human nature.
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Henry is a hot shot lawyer who's totally self absorbed but life deals him & his family a real blow. Barry norman interviews harrison ford and annette bening about regarding henry. Harrison ford stars as henry turner, a slick, ruthless corporate attorney willing to spin any falsehood to win a case. Regarding henry is a film that deals with the concept of a forgotten identity, but in this script is it not just some memories that are lost.
Great opportunity to watch this movie again after so many years.
He has no memory of his wife, his daughter, or his job as lawyer. Follow ben on twitter at @croghanmaster and listen to his music podcast pivotal tracks. As if that weren't enough, henry also has to recover his speech and mobility, in a life he no longer fits into. This film makes you realise that there is more to life than money, nice as it is.
After the grievous wound to his brain, henry recovers into an altogether more pleasant person.
Boy, is he going to get it. Although harrison ford makes the most of an opportunity to dig into a serious role, regarding henry is undermined by cheap sentiment and clichés. With harrison ford, annette bening, michael haley, stanley swerdlow. Fortunately, henry has a loving wife and daughter to help him.
The original henry is played by harrison ford as a taciturn taskmaster who treats his young daughter as if she were a balky client and his wife (annette bening) as a partner with whom he is friendly but not intimate.
Regarding henry (2,833) 6.7 1 h 47 min 1991 x. Harrison ford portraits the innocent loving and understanding human husband he can be, once his killer instinct is gone. Henry turner is a successful but ruthless new york lawyer who needs to win at any cost, even at the expense of his wife and daughter. Years ago, harrison ford played the role of henry turner, the main character in the movie “regarding henry.” henry’s entire world shifts when he is shot in the head during a robbery at the convenience store where he was buying cigarettes.
A bully to his teenage daughter rachel (mikki allen), henry also cheats on his wife sarah (annette bening) and treats everyone from the maid to his assistant with cruel selfishness.
During his painful recovery henry decides he no longer wants to be the cynical person he's told he was, and comes to appreciate life itself. Instead, is a complete mental wipe—henry has lost the ability to walk, to tie his shoes, to read, to talk, to identify food preferences. Henry is a lawyer who survives a shooting only to find he cannot remember anything. Henry has just won a malpractice suit.
After henry gets caught in the middle of a robbery and is shot in the head, he wakes from a coma to find that he has amnesia and can't even remember how to do the simplest of tasks.
Although he survives, he is left with no memory, speech or motor skills. Not only will he fall, he'll undergo the cruelest rehabilitation a lawyer could possibly imagine. Henry (harrison ford) is a lawyer who survives a shooting only to find he has lost his memory. What is regarding henry about?
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Henry being despicable and ruthless in the workplace, spending the majority of his time there leaves him little time to be with his prim socialite wife sarah (annette bening) and troubled pre.
