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Candy

  • 20062006
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  • 1h 48m
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7.2/10
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Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish in Candy (2006)
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A poet falls in love with an art student who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle -- and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alterna... Read allA poet falls in love with an art student who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle -- and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alternates between states of oblivion, self-destruction, and despair.A poet falls in love with an art student who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle -- and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alternates between states of oblivion, self-destruction, and despair.
IMDb RATING
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46K
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392
    • Neil Armfield
    • Luke Davies(novel "Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction")
    • Neil Armfield(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Heath Ledger
    • Abbie Cornish
    • Geoffrey Rush
    • Neil Armfield
    • Luke Davies(novel "Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction")
    • Neil Armfield(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Heath Ledger
    • Abbie Cornish
    • Geoffrey Rush
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 97User reviews
    • 66Critic reviews
    • 57Metascore
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    Top cast

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    Heath Ledger
    Heath Ledger
    • Dan
    Abbie Cornish
    Abbie Cornish
    • Candy
    Geoffrey Rush
    Geoffrey Rush
    • Casper
    Tom Budge
    • Schumann
    Roberto Meza Mont
    • Jorge
    Tony Martin
    Tony Martin
    • Mr. Wyatt
    Noni Hazlehurst
    Noni Hazlehurst
    • Mrs. Wyatt
    Holly Austin
    Holly Austin
    • Sunglasses Shop Assistant
    Craig Moraghan
    • Washing Machine Dealer
    John Lee
    • Hock Shop Man
    Noel Herriman
    • Celebrant
    Tim McKenzie
    • Uncle Rod
    Tara Morice
    Tara Morice
    • Aunt Katherine
    Maddi Newling
    • Janey
    Patricia Lemon
    • Wedding Guest
    Barry Jaggers
    • Wedding Guest
    Cristian Lavin
    Cristian Lavin
    • Little Angelo
    • (as Cristian Castillo)
    Leo Cowan
    • Mechanic
      • Neil Armfield
      • Luke Davies(novel "Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction") (screenplay)
      • Neil Armfield(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Heath Ledger was the director's only choice for the role of Dan.
    • Goofs
      When Dan is sitting in the shower, the tattoo (which was real and was blacked out for some reason - it is actually a cluster of planets) on his shoulder smudges and transfers to the shower tile. The next scene it is intact.
    • Quotes

      Casper: When you can stop, you don't want to. When you want to stop, you can't.

    • Alternate versions
      There are six different versions. These are the runtimes: "1 hr 48 min (108 min) 1 hr 56 min (116 min) (Australia) 1 hr 48 min (108 min) (UK) 1 hr 48 min (108 min) (USA) 1 hr 48 min (108 min) (Hong Kong) 1 hr 48 min (108 min) (uncut) (UK)".
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Casino Royale/Happy Feet/Bobby/Fast Food Nation/Candy/Come Early Morning (2006)
    • Soundtracks
      Song to the Siren
      Arranged and Produced by Paul Charlier

      Performed by Paula Arundell

      Performed by Tim Buckley

      Courtesy of Universal Music Publishing Australia & Tim Buckley Music

    User reviews97

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    8/10
    Harsh but great.
    Amazing but harsh Candy is 'Trainspotting' meets 'Romeo and Juliet'. Opening with a haunting melody and the two lovers on a fairground ride it feels very picturesque and idealistic, but that doesn't last very long I'm afraid. Mixing poetic voice-overs and montages of the pair involved in each other as the world orbits around them they are so in love and oblivious and addicted. Told in a triptych the first third of the film is called 'heaven' and deals with the honeymoon period of the relationship, the second third is called 'earth' and deals with the start of the end and it doesn't take a genius to work out that the third is called 'hell' and is just that. Candy and Dan are addicted to each other and addicted to heroin. They steal, lie, cheat and wheel and deal, whatever it takes to get the cash they need for the next fix, but when the fixes are few and far between there becomes no limit to how far they will go. Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish are brilliant as the arm spiked lovers who both brood with an intensity that shines out when they are acting being on drugs or the brutal scenes when they are trying to come off them. They are mesmerising to watch and at all times you either hate them for how much they are destroying each other or empathise with them for what they are going through. You can't help but go through the experience with them because it is so graphic and not unlike the needles gets right under your skin. Geoffrey Rush who plays a strange semi-gay drugged up Uncle Monty type character, who not only supplies but manufactures some of the drugs for the pair and even shoots up with them, is very unnerving as the father figure Dan always wanted but never had. Even the later part of the last third, despite its nature, still holds elements of beauty and I would be surprised if there was a dry eye in the house as the film reaches its climax. If you ever wanted a way to show children the evils of drugs then show them this film, it never glorifies the use of substances and if anything it is garishly honest all the way through, although not an easy watch it is an amazing portrayal of the power that addictions, good or bad, can hold and just how far humans are capable of going for love. This really is a journey into the heart of darkness.
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    • Nov 22, 2006

    FAQ7

    • Is this film based on a novel?
    • Does the salt injection really help an overdose?
    • Can you explain what Candy meant when she said "I've been clenching my fists all my life"?

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    • Release date
      • May 25, 2006 (Australia)
      • Australia
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • Production companies
      • Film Finance
      • Paradigm Hyde Films
      • Renaissance Films
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    • 1 hour 48 minutes
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      • Dolby Digital

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