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Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler?
Directed byPeter Butt
Daniel Montana
Produced byPeter Butt
Christine Wyld
StarringNicholas Hope
Rhys Muldoon
Hugo Weaving
Matthew O'Sullivan
Distributed byAustralian Broadcasting Corporation
Film Australia
Release date
2006-09-07
Running time
90 min
Country Australia
LanguageEnglish
Box office$AUS 5,000,000
(Australia)

Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler? is an Australian Logie Award-winning documentary film about the mysterious deaths of Dr Gilbert Bogle and Mrs Margaret Chandler in 1963 making it one of Australia's largest murder mysteries. The documentary was directed and written by Australian documentary film maker Peter Butt.

The film premiered on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Thrusday September 7, 2006. 1.8 million people tuned in and made the documentary the most-watched Australian documentary ever screened on the network, the most-watched program in 2006 on the ABC[1] and is the most-watched Australian documentary ever screened on Australian TV.[2] It was the number one program in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane. Earning $5 million on the television network, Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler? is the highest-grossing documentary film to date in Australia. Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler? was well received by television critics, scientists, and politicians and won Most Outstanding Documentary in the 2007 TV Week Logies[3].

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Cast

Cast

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US Promotional poster for Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Role Actor
Count Olaf Jim Carrey
Klaus Baudelaire Liam Aiken
Violet Baudelaire Emily Browning
Sunny Baudelaire Kara Hoffman
Shelby Hoffman
Lemony Snicket (voice) Jude Law
Uncle Monty Billy Connolly
Aunt Josephine Meryl Streep
Mr Poe Timothy Spall
Hook-Handed Man Jamie Harris
Bald Man Luis Guzmán
White-Faced Women Jennifer Coolidge
Jane Adams
Person of Indeterminate Gender Craig Ferguson
Justice Strauss Catherine O'Hara
Detective Cedric the Entertainer
Wedding Guest Rosemary Garris
Police Photographer Alan Heitz
Ferry boat captain Michael Earl Lane
Mrs Poe Deborah Theaker
Critic (uncredited) Dustin Hoffman
Photographer Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket)

Reception

Television Box Office

The film premiered on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Thursday September 7, 2006. 1.8 million people tuned in and it was the number one program in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane.

Reviews

It was the most-watched Australian documentary ever screened on the network, and the most-watched program in 2006 on the ABC.

Awards

The film received an Australian TV Week Logie in 2007 for Most Outstanding Documentary. There was an argumant about if the film should be nominated for the 2007 Australian Film Institute Awards' Best Documentary due to a conflict between the ABC and the Australian Film Institute.


References

  1. ^ http://www.abc.net.au/corp/pubs/media/s1736168.htm Who Killed Dr Bogle & Mrs Chandler - Most watched ABC TV program of the year]. Retrieved November 26 2007.
  2. ^ Documentary Film festival 2006 NZ. Retrieved december 8 2007.
  3. ^ Film Australia Media Release: Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler?. Retrieved November 25 2007.
Preceded by
He's Coming South: The Attack on Sydney Harbour
 Most Outstanding Documentary or Documentary Series
2006 		Succeeded by
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