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Film Details - Miramax Films , 1996
Producers:
Richard Brennan
Timothy White
Production Companies:
Miramax Films
Smiley Films
Meridian Films
Finance Organisations:
Australian Film Finance Corporation
Director of Photography:
Ellery Ryan
Editors:
Nicholas Beauman
Production Designers:
Chris Kennedy
Composer:
Stephen Endelman (original music)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (non-original music)
Mark Seymour, additional music/lyrics ('Throw Your Arms Around Me').
Music:
Dan Lieberstein (Music Editor)
Cast:
Incl. Ben Mendelsohn (Lewis), Barry Otto (Roy), Toni Collette (Julie), Rachel Griffiths (Lucy), Aden Young (Nick), Colin Friels (Errol), Jacki Weaver (Cherry), Pamela Rabe (Ruth), Paul Chubb (Henry), Colin Hay (Zac), David Wenham (Doug), Tony Llewellyn-Jones (Kirner), Kerry Walker (Sandra), Robin Ramsay (Minister for Health), Henry Maas (Bernard Goldman), Jack Walsh (Air Wrestler), Lawrence Woodward, Brian Ellison, Tamara Kuldin, Dennis Allard, Toni Moran, David Anthony, Skye Wansey, Nick Penn, Daniel Wyllie, Damian Monk, Rachel Maza, Robert Noble, Samantha McDeed, Michael Robertson, Samantha Rebillet, Anita Hegh, Paul Mercurio, (uncredited) Greta Scacchi (uncredited).
Release Dates:
1. 28 March 1996 (Australia). Released in Sweden (11 October 1996); Germany (12 December 1996); USA (11 April 1997); Portugal (August 1997 - video premiere); Japan (20 September 1997); Spain (27 October 1997); Argentina (20 October 1998 - video premiere); Finland (16 December 1998 - video premiere). Also screened at the 1997 Reykjavik Film Festival (Iceland).
2. Released on videocassette format by Mirramax in 1996. Mirramax re-released the film on DVD format in 2004 with The Two-Wheeled Time Machine, a short film from the Australian Film Television and Radio School (1997).
Location:
- Kings Cross, Sydney (NSW); Rozelle Hospital, Sydney (NSW).
Awards:
- Australian Film Institute Awards (1996), Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Barry Otto (nomination)
- Australian Film Institute Awards (1996), Best Film Editing - Nicholas Beauman (nomination).
Notes:
Also known as A Escola dos Amantes (Portugal); Adorable Bogeria (Spain - Catalan title), Adorable Locura (Spain); Det Glade Vanvid (Denmark); Idioternas Afton (Sweden); Iloiset Hullut (Finland); Pazzi per Mozart (Italy); Ma fan nu ren xin (China).
Settings:
- Sydney, New South Wales,
- 1990s
