Daydream Believer aka The Girl Who Came Late (working title) is a 1992 Australian romantic comedy film starring Miranda Otto, Martin Kemp and Gia Carides; and directed by Kathy Mueller. Otto was nominated for an Australian Film Institute Award for "Best Actress in a Lead Role".[2]
| Daydream Believer | |
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| Directed by | Kathy Mueller |
| Written by | Saturday Rosenberg |
| Produced by | Ben Gannon |
| Starring | Miranda Otto Martin Kemp Gia Carides |
| Cinematography | Andrew Lesnie |
| Edited by | Robert Gibson |
| Music by | Todd Hunter Johanna Pigott |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Hoyts-Fox-Columbia TriStar Films |
Release dates |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Box office | A$24,885 (Australia)[1] |
Plot
editThe 'Girl' of the working title is Nell Tiscowitz (Otto), a struggling actress with an affinity for horses.[3] She meets wealthy rock music promoter and stable owner Digby Olsen (Kemp). Nell's best friend and flatmate, Wendy (Carides) provides dubious love-lorn advice. After Nell uses her 'telepathy' to help Digby tame horses they eventually fall in love.
Cast
edit- Miranda Otto as Nell Tiscowitz
- Martin Kemp as Digby Olsen
- Gia Carides as Wendy
- Anne Looby as Margo
- Bruce Venables as Stu
- Deidre Rubenstein as Trish Schultz
- Peter Hehir as German film director
Production
editThe film was one of five films financed by the FFC Film Fund in 1990. Otto was cast after over 200 girls auditioned; it was only her second major role, after Emma's War. The role of Digby entailed looking at actors from London and Los Angeles; after Martin Kemp was cast, the occupation of the character was changed from theatre entrepreneur to rock promoter.[4]
Release
editOzmovies says of the release:
The film was given a short release at four Hoyts cinemas (including Hoyts Centre) in Sydney, beginning 3rd September 1992, but other bookings were very limited... (It) had a frosty reception from newspaper reviewers at the time of its limited domestic release, which saw only Sydney papers (and the national The Australian) take a look at it.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria accessed 12 November 2012
- ^ "The Girl Who Came Late (1991) – Awards". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
- ^ "Daydream Believer Press Kit" (PDF). Beyond Films. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
- ^ Eva Friedman, "Kathy Mueller's Daydream Believer", Cinema Papers, May–June 1992 p16-18
- ^ 'Daydream Believer' at Ozmovies, accessed 14 October 2017.