Winter of Our Dreams is a 1981 Australian drama film directed by John Duigan. Judy Davis won the Best Actress in a Lead Role in the AFI Awards for her performance in the film. The film was nominated in 6 other categories also.[2] It was also entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival where Judy Davis won the award for Best Actress.[3]
| Winter of Our Dreams | |
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 DVD cover | |
| Directed by | John Duigan |
| Written by | John Duigan |
| Produced by | Richard Mason |
| Starring | Judy Davis Bryan Brown Baz Luhrmann |
| Cinematography | Tom Cowan |
| Edited by | Henry Dangar |
| Music by | Sharon Calcraft |
Release date |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | AU$320,000[1] |
| Box office | $959,000 (Australia) |
Plot
editRob (Bryan Brown), a bookshop owner, hears of the suicide of an old girlfriend Lisa (Margie McCrae). While investigating the case he meets Lou (Judy Davis), a prostitute and old friend of Lisa's.
Cast
edit- Judy Davis as Lou
- Bryan Brown as Rob
- Cathy Downes as Gretel
- Mercia Deane-Johns as Angela
- Baz Luhrmann as Pete
- Peter Mochrie as Tim
- Mervyn Drake as Mick
- Margie McCrae as Lisa Blaine
- Joy Hruby as Marge
- Kim Deacon as Michelle
- Gia Carides
Production
editIn the late 1970s Duigan wrote a script called Someone Left the Cake Out in the Rain about a European anti-nuclear campaigner who comes to Australia and meets a 60s radical turned yuppie. The film was never made but the former radical character was used in Winter of Our Dreams.[1]
There were three weeks of rehearsals and five weeks of shooting in Kings Cross and Balmain.[1]
Box office
editWinter of Our Dreams was popular, grossing $959,000 at the box office in Australia,[4] which is equivalent to $3,107,160 in 2009 dollars.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p138
- ^ IMDb – awards
- ^ "13th Moscow International Film Festival (1983)". MIFF. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ Film Victoria – Australian Films at the Australian Box Office
Further reading
edit- Murray, Scott, ed. (1994). Australian Cinema. St.Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin/AFC. p. 312. ISBN 1-86373-311-6.
External links
edit- Winter of Our Dreams at IMDb
- Winter of Our Dreams at the Australian screen
- Winter of Our Dreams at Oz Movies
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