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Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 Dead Letter Office
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Film Details - Polygram Filmed Entertainment , 1998

Producers:

David M. Thompson (executive producer: BBC Films).
Denise Patience (producer).
Andrew Knight and Steve Vizard (executive producers).

Production Companies:

Polygram Filmed Entertainment.

Finance Organisations:

Australian Film Finance Corporation.
Film Victoria.

Director of Photography:

Ellery Ryan.

Editors:

Denise Haratzis.

Production Designers:

Chris Kennedy.

Music:

Roger Mason.

Cast:

Including Alicia Banit (Young Alice), Tess Mornana (Young Alice: voice), Mariette Carey (Miss Harris), Miranda Otto (Alice Walsh), Nicholas Bell (Kevin), Georgina Naidu (Mary), Syd Brisbane (Peter), George DelHoyo (Frank Lopez), and Malcolm Singh (Victor).

Release Dates:

Premiered in the US on 26 February 1998.
Released in Australia on 20 August 1998.

Awards:

  • AFI Award, Best Achievement in Production Design (won), 1998.
  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia), Best Actor - Female (nominated), 1999.
  • Verona Love Screens Film Festival, Best Artistic Contribution (won), 1999.
  • Australian Cinematographers Society, Golden Tripod (Feature Productions Cinema) (won), 1999.

Notes:

Script editor: Michael Brindley and Sue Smith.

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