Celia (film)
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| Directed by | Ann Turner |
| Produced by | Gordon Glenn Timothy White |
| Written by | Ann Turner |
| Music by | Chris Neal |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Simpson |
| Editing by | Ken Sallows |
| Distributed by | Trylon Video (USA) |
| Release date(s) |  5 October 1989 19 March 1990 |
| Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Celia (also known as Celia: Child of Terror) is a 1988 Australian drama film written and directed by Ann Turner.
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[edit] Plot
Set in rural Australia in the 1950s amidst the Red Scare and a rabbit plague, it stars Rebecca Smart as troubled nine year old Celia as the movie follows her descent into madness.
[edit] Cast
- Rebecca Smart as Celia Carmichael
- Nicholas Eadie as Ray Carmichael
- Victoria Longley as Alice Tanner
- Mary-Anne Fahey as Pat Carmichael
- Margaret Ricketts as Grandmother
- Alexander Hutchinson as Steve Tanner
- Adrian Mitchell as Karl Tanner
- Callie Gray as Meryl Tanner
- Martin Sharman as Evan Tanner
- Clair Couttie as Heather Goldman
- Alex Menglet as Mr. Goldman
- Amelia Frid as Stephanie Burke
- William Zappa as Inspector John Burke
- Feon Keane as Soapy Burke
- Louise Le Nay as Debbie Burke
[edit] Release
Celia grossed $23,336 at the box office in Australia.[1]
Turner won the Grand Prix award at the 1989 Créteil International Women's Film Festival and for her part as Alice Tanner, Victoria Longley won the Best Actress in a Supporting Role award from the Australian Film Institute.
To date, the film has been released on DVD in Australia, Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.[2] It has still not been released on this format in the United States.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office
- ^ "Company Credits for Celia". imdb.com. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094849/companycredits. Retrieved 2011-04-19.
[edit] External links
- Celia at the Internet Movie Database
- Celia at AllRovi
- Celia at the National Film and Sound Archive
- Celia at the British Film Institute
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