Celia (film)
| Celia | |
|---|---|
 video cover | |
| Directed by | Ann Turner |
| Produced by |
Gordon Glenn Timothy White |
| Written by | Ann Turner |
| Music by | Chris Neal |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Simpson |
| Edited by | Ken Sallows |
| Distributed by | Trylon Video (USA) |
Release dates |
 5 October 1989 19 March 1990 31 October 1988 |
Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | A$1.4 million[1] |
| Box office | A$23,336 (Australia) |
Celia (also known as Celia: Child of Terror) is a 1988 Australian drama film written and directed by Ann Turner.
Plot
In suburban Melbourne in the 1950s, amidst the Red Scare and a rabbit plague, Celia (Rebecca Smart) is a troubled nine-year-old caught up in these events, as well as family crises, and whose response to them eventually leads to tragic consequences.
Cast
- Rebecca Smart as Celia Carmichael
- Nicholas Eadie as Ray Carmichael
- Victoria Longley as Alice Tanner
- Mary-Anne Fahey as Pat Carmichael
- Margaret Ricketts as Grandmother
- Alexander Hutchinson as Steve Tanner
- Adrian Mitchell as Karl Tanner
- Callie Gray as Meryl Tanner
- Martin Sharman as Evan Tanner
- Clair Couttie as Heather Goldman
- Alex Menglet as Mr. Goldman
- Amelia Frid as Stephanie Burke
- William Zappa as Inspector John Burke
- Feon Keane as Soapy Burke
- Louise Le Nay as Debbie Burke
Production
Ann Turner was a graduate of Swinburne who had worked at Film Victoria and the Australian Film Commission as a consultant. She was inspired to write the film by an article in the paper about the Bolte government's rabbit muster in the 1950s.[2][3]
The script was written in 1984 when it won the AWGIE for Best Unproduced Screenplay.[4]
Release
Celia grossed $23,336 at the box office in Australia.[5]
Turner won the Grand Prix award at the 1989 Créteil International Women's Film Festival and for her part as Alice Tanner, Victoria Longley won the Best Actress in a Supporting Role award from the Australian Film Institute.
To date, the film has been released on DVD in Australia, Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.[6] It has still not been released on this format in the United States.
See also
References
- ↑ Karl Quinn, "Celia", Australia Film 1978-1994, Oxford Uni Press 1993 p269
- ↑ Ron Burnett, "Take the bunny and run: Memories of childhood and Ann Turner's Celia", Cinema Papers, March 1989 p6-10
- ↑ "Interview with Ann Turner", Signis, 16 January 1998 accessed 21 November 2012
- ↑ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p368-369
- ↑ Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office
- ↑ "Company Credits for Celia". imdb.com. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
External links
- Celia at the Internet Movie Database
- Celia at AllMovie
- Celia at the National Film and Sound Archive
- Celia at the British Film Institute's Film and TV Database