A Woman, Her Men, and Her Futon is a 1992 drama film directed, written and produced by Michael Sibay and starring Jennifer Rubin, Lance Edwards and Grant Show. Background The film stars Jennifer Rubin as Helen, Lance Edwards as Donald and Grant Show as Randy. Others in the film included Michael Cerveris as Paul, Robert Lipton as Max and Delaune Michel as Gail. Richard Gordon had played a character named Jimmy but all the scenes involving the character were cut from the final release. Originally, both Marisa Tomei and Julianne Moore auditioned for the lead role of Helen. Following the film's original laser-disc release in 1992 and its American VHS release in 1997, the film was released on DVD in the US only, in 2001, which remains in-print to date. The film's original tagline read "How many men, how many times, how many ways?" The film's DVD tagline reads "She's got all the right stuff, but all the wrong men..." According to Independent Feature Project Filmmaker, Volume 1, the film was warmly received at the Houston festival and was to screen at Stockholm in the fall. Overseas Film Group had also picked up foreign rights, already selling the film in a number of territories. Plot Helen, a divorced, attractive twenty-something Los Angeles office worker, has just broken up with her possessive boyfriend Paul. Living beyond her means, Helen soon loses her car and her apartment, and has to move in with her friend Donald, an aspiring screenwriter. Helen helps Donald with his screenplay, while secretly writing her own. Donald introduces Helen to Max, a producer who takes an interest in her and her screenplay. Feeling cornered by Paul, Max and Donald, who also wants a relationship with her, Helen has a series of casual affairs. These flings and her past relationships end up in her screenplay, which she is successful in selling. The story ends as Helen, now a published screenwriter, moves out of Donald's house, and drives away with her futon in tow. Cast Jennifer Rubin as Helen Lance Edwards as Donald Grant Show as Randy Michael Cerveris as Paul Robert Lipton as Max Delaune Michel as Gail Richard Gordon as Jimmy (scenes deleted) Jennifer Zuniga as Waitress #1 Kathryn Atwood as Waitress #2 Gary Cusano as Apartment Manager Kirsten Hall as Sales Woman Reception Upon release, Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times described the film as "thoughtful"