Playing Beatie Bow (film)
Encyclopedia
Playing Beatie Bow is a 1986
Australia
n drama film
directed by Donald Crombie
. The screenplay by Peter Gawler and Irwin Lane is based on the novel by Ruth Park
.
, and produced by Jock Blair, Bruce Moir and John Morris. It is rated PG instead of the milder G allegedly because Abigail says "Oh, shit" toward the end of the film.
in 2009 dollars.
1986 in film
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Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Donald Crombie
Donald Crombie
Donald Crombie is an Australian film and television director. Crombie studied at National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1961 and started work at the Commonwealth Film Unit in 1963. Crombie has directed feature films, telemovies, mini-series, drama series, documentaries and commercials. He has...
. The screenplay by Peter Gawler and Irwin Lane is based on the novel by Ruth Park
Ruth Park
Ruth Park, AM was a New Zealand-born author, who spent most of her life in Australia. Her best known works are the novels The Harp in the South and Playing Beatie Bow , and the children's radio serial The Muddle-Headed Wombat , which also spawned a book series .-Personal history:Park was born in...
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Plot summary
Beatie Bow, a young Victorian-era girl, is summoned from the past to contemporary Sydney by children chanting her name. 16-year-old Abigail Kirk follows her back to 1873, in the colony of New South Wales. Beatie's family believe Abigail is the promised 'Stranger' who will arrive to save 'The Gift' for future generations of Bows. Abigail is trapped in the past until she does what she was 'sent' to do, even though she doesn't know what this is. During her sojourn, she falls in love for the first time and gains a more mature perspective on her parent's relationship.Cast
- Imogen AnnesleyImogen AnnesleyImogen Annesley is an Australian actress and director.She is perhaps best known for her role in the films Playing Beatie Bow, Howling III: The Marsupials and Queen of the Damned....
- Abigail - Peter PhelpsPeter PhelpsPeter Phelps is an Australian actor, singer and writer. He is notable for his role of Peter Church in the television drama, Stingers and Trevor Cole, in Baywatch...
- Judah/Robert - Mouche PhillipsMouche PhillipsMouche Phillips is an Australian actress best known as Viv Newton in Home and Away, and Eva Sykes in Water Rats.- TV :* East of Everything 11 Episodes.... as Sandy...
- Beatie Bow - Nikki CoghillNikki CoghillNicola Vicars Coghill is an Australian actress.-Career:Nikki has appeared in many Australian television series and movies...
- Dovey - Moya O'Sullivan - Granny
- Don Barker - Samuel
- Lyndel RoweLyndel RoweLyndel Rowe is an Australian actress who is best known for her work with the Melbourne Theatre Company, the Sydney Theatre Company and the State Theatre Company of South Australia. Ms. Rowe is now living in London. She is probably best known for her role as the unpleasant Karen Fox in Australian...
- Kathy - Barbara Stephens - Justine
- Damian Janko - Gibbie
- Phoebe Salter - Natalie
Production
Playing Beatie Bow was directed by Donald CrombieDonald Crombie
Donald Crombie is an Australian film and television director. Crombie studied at National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1961 and started work at the Commonwealth Film Unit in 1963. Crombie has directed feature films, telemovies, mini-series, drama series, documentaries and commercials. He has...
, and produced by Jock Blair, Bruce Moir and John Morris. It is rated PG instead of the milder G allegedly because Abigail says "Oh, shit" toward the end of the film.
Box Office
Playing Beatie Bow grossed $97,306 at the box office in Australia, which is equivalent to $212,127in 2009 dollars.
See also
- Cinema of AustraliaCinema of AustraliaCinema of Australia, more commonly referred to as the Australian film industry, refers to the system of production, distribution, and exhibition of films in Australia. Film production commenced in Australia in 1906 with the production of The Story of the Kelly Gang, the earliest feature film made...
- List of Australian films
- South Australian Film CorporationSouth Australian Film CorporationSouth Australian Film Corporation is a South Australian Government statutory corporation established in 1972. Former State Premier Don Dunstan played an instrumental role in the foundation of the Corporation and its early film production activities....