Benny & Joon
A socially awkward woman battling mental illness meets an off‑beat handyman who lives like Buster Keaton, and together they must navigate love and family pressures before her fragile world unravels.
“A romance on the brink of reality.”
Synopsis
A mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.
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Principal cast & crew: 38
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Edited by Carol LittletonShot by John SchwartzmanScored by Rachel PortmanDesigned by Neil Spisak
Box Office
1993 · Box office
Grossed $23.2M worldwide
Worldwide gross
$23.2M
Also known as
- Benny und Joonde
- Benny and Joonfr
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Cast & Crew
38 unique people credited
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Supporting cast
15Waldo Larson
as Waldo
Don Hamilton
as UPS man
Leslie Laursen
as Admitting Nurse
John Grant Phillips
as Policeman
Irvin Johnson
as Orderly
Shane Nilsson
as Orderly
Faye Killebrew
as Video Customer
Ramsin Amirkhas
as Video Clerk
Amy Alizabeth Sanford
as Young Joon
Brian Keevy
as Young Benny
Tony Lincoln
as Local
Noon Orsatti
as Patron
Dan Kamin
as Patron
Gregory Cook
as Guy in the Park (uncredited)
Aaron Haedt
as Bicyclist (uncredited)
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1Writers
2Producers
2Other crew
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