Winter of Our Dreams is a 1981 Australian drama film directed by John Duigan. Judy Davis won the Best Actress in a Lead Role in the AFI Awards for her performance in the film. The film was nominated in 6 other categories also.[2] It was also entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival where Judy Davis won the award for Best Actress.[3]

Winter of Our Dreams
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Directed byJohn Duigan
Written byJohn Duigan
Produced byRichard Mason
StarringJudy Davis
Bryan Brown
Baz Luhrmann
CinematographyTom Cowan
Edited byHenry Dangar
Music bySharon Calcraft
Release date
  • 31 July 1981 (1981-07-31)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetAU$320,000[1]
Box office$959,000 (Australia)

Plot

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Rob (Bryan Brown), a bookshop owner, hears of the suicide of an old girlfriend Lisa (Margie McCrae). While investigating the case he meets Lou (Judy Davis), a prostitute and old friend of Lisa's.

Cast

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Production

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In the late 1970s Duigan wrote a script called Someone Left the Cake Out in the Rain about a European anti-nuclear campaigner who comes to Australia and meets a 60s radical turned yuppie. The film was never made but the former radical character was used in Winter of Our Dreams.[1]

There were three weeks of rehearsals and five weeks of shooting in Kings Cross and Balmain.[1]

Box office

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Winter of Our Dreams was popular, grossing $959,000 at the box office in Australia,[4] which is equivalent to $3,107,160 in 2009 dollars.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p138
  2. ^ IMDb – awards
  3. ^ "13th Moscow International Film Festival (1983)". MIFF. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  4. ^ Film Victoria – Australian Films at the Australian Box Office

Further reading

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  • Murray, Scott, ed. (1994). Australian Cinema. St.Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin/AFC. p. 312. ISBN 1-86373-311-6.
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