IMDb > Bliss (1985)

Overview

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Director:

Ray Lawrence

Writers:

Peter Carey (novel)
Peter Carey (screenplay)
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Contact:

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Release Date:

21 February 1986 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama more

Tagline:

After Harry Joy dropped dead... his life was never the same again.

Plot:

An advertising executive dies and goes to hell... except nothing changes. Well, his daughter is buying drugs with sexual favours from her brother... more | full synopsis

Awards:

3 wins & 11 nominations more

NewsDesk:
(3 articles)

Not So Solitary
 (From FilmInk.com.au. 26 October 2009, 2:28 PM, PDT)

Green Screens
 (From FilmInk.com.au. 2 February 2009, 4:10 PM, PST)

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A film of beauty more (18 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Barry Otto ... Harry Joy
Lynette Curran ... Bettina Joy
Helen Jones ... Honey Barbara

Gia Carides ... Lucy Joy
Miles Buchanan ... David Joy

Jeff Truman ... Joel
Tim Robertson ... Alex Duval
Bryan Marshall ... Adrian Clunes
Jon Ewing ... Aldo
Kerry Walker ... Alice Dalton
Paul Chubb ... Reverend Des
Sarah De Teliga ... Harry's Mother (as Sara De Teliga)
Saskia Post ... Harry's Daughter (as Saski Post)
George Whaley ... Vance
Robert Menzies ... Damien
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Additional Details

Runtime:

112 min | Australia:130 min (director's cut)

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M (original rating) | Singapore:R21 | Finland:K-16 | New Zealand:R18 | UK:18 | Australia:MA (director's cut) | USA:R


Fun Stuff

Movie Connections:

Referenced in American Beauty (1999) more


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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
A film of beauty, 29 November 2001

Not just a film, but also an experience. A man dies from a heart attack and is bought back to life. He is however convinced he is in hell. Feeling confused and scared by the strangeness of his family and the world around him, he starts to have a breakdown. It seems his only salvation lies in the arms of a prostitute, but can you find love in hell?

This is a truly beautiful movie, at times scary, at times befuddling. Like the world Harry Bliss lives in, like the world we live in.

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