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28 September 1989 (Australia)
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Explores sisters, in their twenties, their parents, and family dysfunctions. Kay is gangly and slightly askew...
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Troubled Waters: Jane Campion on Top of the Lake
(From IF.com.au. 16 May 2013, 4:04 PM, PDT)
Jane Campion's Masterful 'Top of the Lake' Uses a Mystery As a Window Into a Community at the Edge of the World
(From Indiewire. 18 March 2013, 8:18 AM, PDT)
Jane Campion's Masterful 'Top of the Lake' Uses a Mystery As a Window Into a Community at the Edge of the World
(From Indiewire Television. 18 March 2013, 8:18 AM, PDT)
(From IF.com.au. 16 May 2013, 4:04 PM, PDT)
Jane Campion's Masterful 'Top of the Lake' Uses a Mystery As a Window Into a Community at the Edge of the World
(From Indiewire. 18 March 2013, 8:18 AM, PDT)
Jane Campion's Masterful 'Top of the Lake' Uses a Mystery As a Window Into a Community at the Edge of the World
(From Indiewire Television. 18 March 2013, 8:18 AM, PDT)
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Offbeat Australian fare.
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Cast
(in credits order) (verified as complete) | Geneviève Lemon | ... | Dawn 'Sweetie' |
| Karen Colston | ... | Kay |
| Tom Lycos | ... | Louis |
| Jon Darling | ... | Gordon |
| Dorothy Barry | ... | Flo |
| Michael Lake | ... | Bob |
| Andre Pataczek | ... | Clayton |
| Jean Hadgraft | ... | Mrs. Schneller |
| Paul Livingston | ... | Teddy Schneller |
| Louise Fox | ... | Cheryl |
| Ann Merchant | ... | Paula |
| Robyn Frank | ... | Ruth (as Robin Frank) |
| Bronwyn Morgan | ... | Sue |
| Sean Fennell | ... | Boy clerk |
| Sean Callinan | ... | Simboo |
| Norm Galton | ... | Notary |
| Warren Hensley | ... | Man handshaker |
| Regina Heilmann | ... | Girl |
| Charles Abbott | ... | Meditation teacher |
| Diana Armer | ... | Melony |
| Barbara Middleton | ... | Clayton's mom |
| Emma Jane Fowler | ... | Little Sweetie (as Emma Fowler) |
| Irene Curtis | ... | Mandy |
| Ken Porter | ... | Lead Jackaroo |
| John F. Hughes | ... | Lead Jackaroo |
| Alan Close | ... | Lead Jackaroo |
| Marc Colombani | ... | Lead Jackaroo |
| Geoff Shera | ... | Lead Jackaroo |
 | Andrew Traucki | ... | Lead Jackaroo |
| Norman Phillips | ... | Nosey Neighbour |
| Shirley Sheppard | ... | Nosey Neighbour |
| Ben Cochrane | ... | Boy in Tree |
| Kristoffer Pershouse | ... | Boy in Tree |
| Larry Brand | ... | Sweetie's Funeral |
| Cedric McLaughlan | ... | Sweetie's Funeral |
| Doug Ramsey | ... | Sweetie's Funeral |
| Bruce Currie | ... | Man with a Saw |
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| Jane Campion | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Jane Campion | screenplay | |
| Jane Campion | story | |
| Gerard Lee | writer | |
Produced by | |||
| Billy MacKinnon | .... | co-producer (as William MacKinnon) | |
| John Maynard | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Martin Armiger | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Sally Bongers | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Veronika Jenet | (as Veronika Haeussler) | ||
Casting by | |||
| Jane Campion | |||
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| Peter Harris | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Amanda Lovejoy | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Wendy Freeman | .... | makeup artist | |
| Howard Regner | .... | hair stylist | |
Production Management | |||
| Patricia L'Huede | .... | production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Tina Andreef | .... | second assistant director | |
| John Fretz | .... | assistant director | |
Sound Department | |||
| John Dennison | .... | foley recordist | |
| John Dennison | .... | sound supervisor | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Jane Castle | .... | camera operator | |
| Jamie Egan | .... | gaffer | |
| Regis Lansac | .... | still photographer | |
| Felicity Surtees | .... | focus puller | |
Other crew | |||
| Lynn-Maree Danzey | .... | continuity | |
| Billy MacKinnon | .... | script editor | |
| Sam Thompson | .... | production coordinator | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Filmpac Distribution (1989) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Avenue Pictures Productions (1990) (USA) (theatrical)
- Cinemien (1990) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC) (1990) (France) (theatrical)
- Criterion Collection, The (2006) (USA) (DVD)
- Home Cinema Group (199?) (Australia) (VHS)
- Homescreen (2000) (Netherlands) (VHS)
- Homescreen (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Audioloc Sound Design sound post-production
- Australian Film Commission, The funding
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97 min
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This picture was one of fifty Australian films selected for preservation as part of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia's Kodak / Atlab Cinema Collection Restoration Project.See more »
Movie Connections:
Featured in 40,000 Years of Dreaming (1997)See more »
Soundtrack:
Love Will Never Let You FallSee more »
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Message Boards
Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Sweetie (1989)| Recent Posts (updated daily) | User |
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| Trailer music? | indiemoviefan |
| Song Question | Cquacks77 |
| Incest? | myjunk111 |
| Tom Lycos | myjunk111 |
| Great movie that I hated | RamSamontheLam |
| What is that Country Western Song In Sweetie? | Brklynkid |
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Sort of a watered-down John Waters-type movie, this Australian film is not for everyone's taste. Talk about a dysfunctional family: Kay is a cold fish who steals a man who just announced his engagement to someone else, all because of a fortune-teller. "Sweetie", her younger sister, is a nymphomaniac, mentally unstable, selfish, and seemingly has the mind of a spoiled little brat. Her parents try to act as if all is not as bad as it seems. But life sucks in this family. I wondered how, with two seemingly "normal" parents, these two girls ended up the way they did. Guess it happens all the time, though.