Hating Alison Ashley (film)

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Hating Alison Ashley

DVD cover for Hating Alison Ashley
Directed by Geoff Bennett
Produced by Elizabeth Howatt-Jackman
Written by Robin Klein (novel)
Christine Madafferi (screenplay)
Starring Delta Goodrem
Saskia Burmeister
Tracy Mann
Richard Carter
Rachael Carpani
Craig McLachlan
Music by Cezary Skubiszewski
Release date(s) March 17, 2005
Running time 100 minutes
Country Australia
Language English

Hating Alison Ashley is a 2005 Australian comedy film based upon the 1984 Hating Alison Ashley novel produced by Elizabeth Howatt-Jackman and directed by Geoff Bennett. It was filmed in Melbourne, Australia.

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[edit] Plot

The film stars Saskia Burmeister, as Erica "Yuk" Yurken, an adolescent brunette who fantasises about a better life and stardom; and Delta Goodrem as her school rival Alison Ashley.

At school, Erica is not very popular. She sits alone in class, but when Alison arrives, it all changes. Erica at first is desperate to be Alison's friends but soon changes her mind, and they then become rivals.

They continuously have arguments throughout the year, but eventually become friends at camp when Erica discovers that Alison doesn't live the perfect life she imagined.


[edit] Box office

The movie performed very poorly at the box office. It debuted at #4 on the Australian box office charts but earned less than $2 million despite being based on a successful book and screening in 180 Australian cinemas during the Easter holidays. While Hating Alison Ashley was seen by 60,000 people in its first weekend, takings dropped 28 percent the following week.[1] It could be blamed in the raising of the characters ages from the novel (to suit Goodrem's real-life age). Burmeister got good reviews for her performance[2][3][4] as well as a AFI nomination for best actress[5], while Goodrem generally received negative reviews for her performance.[6][7][8][9]

[edit] Cast

[edit] Music

The following are the tracks from the released Hating Alison Ashley soundtrack by various artists. It mostly features Australian artists such as Amiel, Gabriella Cilmi and The Dissociatives

  1. Stockholm Syndrome - Blink 182
  2. Mr Es Beautiful Blues - The Eels
  3. Don't Tell Me - Gabriella Cilmi
  4. Maybe - Daniel Merriweather (feat. Lee Sissing)
  5. Green Eyed World - The Blips (feat. Amiel)
  6. Cyclone - Dub Pistols
  7. Trashed - Jacket
  8. Lifting The Veil From The Braille - The Dissociatives
  9. Come Clean - Hilary Duff
  10. Sorry - Gabriella Cilmi
  11. I See You Baby - Groove Armada
  12. Lighthouse - The Waifs
  13. Mini Morris Parts 1 And 2 - Cezary Skubiszewski and Paul Mac
  14. Shining Bright - Karishma

[edit] Trailer

The trailer for Hating Alison Ashley depicts rich girls who have a very comfortable life. The uniform shown is of Genazzano FCJ College in Kew, Victoria.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Dale, David (2005-04-05). "The Tribal Mind". The Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/news/The-Tribal-Mind/The-Tribal-Mind/2005/04/04/1112489402984.html. Retrieved on 2007-05-14. 
  2. ^ http://wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au/ReadingRoom/film/dbase/2006/hating1.html
  3. ^ http://www.echonews.com/1112/movie_reviews.html
  4. ^ http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-13743813_ITM
  5. ^ http://www.actf.com.au/news/actf_news.htm
  6. ^ http://www.theblurb.com.au/Issue51/HAA.htm
  7. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0402247/
  8. ^ http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s1316314.htm
  9. ^ http://www.impactservices.net.au/movies/hatingalisonashley.htm

[edit] External links

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