Joanna (1968 film)

Joanna is a 1968 British drama film, directed by Michael Sarne and set in swinging London. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival,[3] but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France.

Joanna
Film poster
Directed byMichael Sarne
Produced byMichael Laughlin
Written byMichael Sarne
StarringGeneviève Waïte
Music byRod McKuen
CinematographyWalter Lassally
Edited byNorman Wanstall
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • 24 November 1968 (1968-11-24)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.2 million[1]
Box office$1.3 million (US/ Canada rentals)[2]

Plot

Joanna, a wide-eyed somewhat naive art student in London, has a romantic fling with her teacher, aspiring painter Hendrik Casson. She eventually leaves him for impoverished Dominic, while her gold-digging friend Beryl takes up with the quite wealthy Lord Sanderson.

They travel to Sanderson's second home in Morocco, where he reveals that he has a terminal illness and sponsors an exhibit of Hendrik's paintings. Meanwhile, Dominic dumps Joanna because she refuses to stop seeing other men.

Joanna's next lover, Beryl's brother Gordon, impregnates her. Beaten by criminals to whom he's in debt, Gordon takes revenge by killing one. He is convicted of murder and sent to prison, leaving Joanna alone.

Cast

Box office

According to Fox records, the film required $3,800,000 in rentals to break even, and by 11 December 1970 had made $1,900,000.[4]

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References
  1. Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p256
  2. Solomon p. 231. "Big Rental Films of 1969", Variety, 7 January 1970 p. 15
  3. "Festival de Cannes: Joanna". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 4 April 2009.
  4. Silverman, Stephen M (1988). The Fox that got away : the last days of the Zanuck dynasty at Twentieth Century-Fox. L. Stuart. p. 327.


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