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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 15-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Cast
Deborah Kennedy
Emma
Richard Evans
Geoffrey
Stuart Campbell
Mallory's Voice
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Jane Campion
- Writers
- Jane Campion
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- Australia
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Did you know?
Fun facts 🍿
Cinephile deep dive
The take
Jane Campion directs. Tony Mandl cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Australia. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 15-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 242 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Editor Tony Mandl shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 5Deborah Kennedy and Richard Evans and Stuart Campbell carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0206146 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Editing
- Tony Mandl
- Runtime
- 15 min · 0h 15m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- IMDB rating
- 5.9/10 · 33 votes
Also by
Jane Campion
Key crew
- Lighting DirectorTony Mandl
- EditorTony Mandl
- Art DirectionYolande Clarkson
- Title DesignerPavel Kyral
- Camera OperatorSally Bongers
- Camera OperatorNicolette Freeman
- Camera OperatorGeorge Petrykowski
- Camera OperatorPaul Cox
- SoundKay Dineen
- Boom OperatorYouvanna Chantharasy
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- woman director
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1984-01-01
