Angel Baby (1995 film)
Angel Baby | |
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Directed by | Michael Rymer |
Written by | Michael Rymer |
Produced by | Jonathan Shteinman Timothy White |
Starring | John Lynch Jacqueline McKenzie Colin Friels Deborra-Lee Furness Daniel Daperis Elise Mayberry Adriana Xenides (as herself) |
Cinematography | Ellery Ryan |
Edited by | Dany Cooper |
Music by | Gavin Friday Maurice Seezer John Clifford White |
Distributed by | Southern Star Sales Umbrella Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Budget | A$3.5 million[1] |
Box office | A$1,070,726 (Australia) |
Angel Baby is a 1995 Australian drama film written and directed by Michael Rymer and starring John Lynch, Jacqueline McKenzie and Colin Friels. The film was produced in 1993–94. It is a love story of two people with schizophrenia.
Premise
Harry (Lynch) and Kate (McKenzie) meet during therapy and fall passionately in love. They move in together and Kate gets pregnant. In the hospital, Kate dies while giving birth to their daughter. Harry asks his brother to take care of his daughter and walks to the bridge where Kate and Harry once stood to "fly".
Awards
The film swept the boards at the 1995 AFI Awards winning all the major categories as well as several major international film festivals.
Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
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1995 | Won | Australian Film Institute | Best Achievement in Cinematography
Ellery Ryan |
1995 | Won | Australian Film Institute | Best Achievement in Editing
Dany Cooper |
1995 | Won | Australian Film Institute | Best Actor in a Lead Role
John Lynch |
1995 | Won | Australian Film Institute | Best Actress in a Lead Role
Jacqueline McKenzie |
1995 | Won | Australian Film Institute | Best Director
Michael Rymer |
1995 | Won | Australian Film Institute | Best Film
Timothy White Jonathan Shteinman |
1995 | Won | Australian Film Institute | Best Screenplay, Original
Michael Rymer |
1996 | Won | Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards | Best Actor—Female
Jacqueline McKenzie |
1996 | Won | Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards | Best Actor—Male
John Lynch |
1995 | Won | Gijón International Film Festival | Best Director
Michael Rymer |
1995 | Won | Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Feature Film Award | presented to Timothy White and Jonathon Shteinman (producers), and Michael Rymer (writer/director) |
1996 | Won | Rotterdam International Film Festival | Audience Award
Michael Rymer |
1996 | Won | Valenciennes International Festival of Action and Adventure Films | Best Actress
Jacqueline McKenzie |
Box office
Angel Baby grossed $1,070,726 at the box office in Australia.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Andrew L Urban, "Angel Baby", Cinema Papers, June 1995 p10–13
- ^ "Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
External links
- Use dmy dates from October 2012
- 1995 films
- 1995 drama films
- Australian drama films
- Australian films
- English-language films
- Films directed by Michael Rymer
- Films shot in Melbourne
- Films shot in Adelaide
- Films about psychiatry
- Mental illness in films
- Schizophrenia
- Fictional portrayals of schizophrenia
- 1995 directorial debut films