Description |
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD ; Region 1 ; full frame presentation ; 5.1 Dolby Digital surround. |
Cast |
Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish, Geoffrey Rush, Tom Budge, Roberto Meza Mont, Tony Martin, Noni Hazlehurst, Holly Austin, Craig Moraghan.. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Garry Phillips ; editor, Dany Cooper ; music, Paul Charlier ; costume designer, Jodie Fried ; production designer, Robert Cousins. |
Note |
Based on the novel "Candy: a novel of love and addiction" by Luke Davies. |
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DVD release of the 2006 motion picture. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: R; for pervasive depiction of drug addiction, disturbing images, language, sexual content and nudity. |
Summary |
Dan is a poet who falls in love with two kinds of Candy: a woman of the same name and heroin. As Dan goes from a smart-aleck to someone trying to find a vein to inject, Candy changes from an actress to a streetwalker and then a madwoman. Starting in Sydney, the two eventually end up in Melbourne to try and go clean, but they fail. This leads them to turn to finding money and heroin, while other posessions and attachments become unimportant. |
Awards |
Australian Film Institute, 2006: AFI Award - Best Screenplay - Adapted (Luke Davies, Neil Armfield). |
Language |
In English, with English or Spanish subtitles. |
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Closed-captioned. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Heroin abuse -- Drama.
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Poets -- Drama.
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Actresses -- Australia -- Drama.
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Drug addicts -- Rehabilitation -- Australia -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Australia -- Drama.
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Melbourne (Vic.) -- Drama.
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Heroin abuse -- Australia -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Foreign films -- Australia.
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Melodrama.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Melodrama -- Feature.
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Romance -- Feature.
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Crime -- Feature.
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Feature films.
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Melodrama.
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Added Author |
Fink, Margaret.
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Sherman, Emile.
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Armfield, Neil.
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Davies, Luke, 1962-
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Ledger, Heath, 1979-2008.
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Cornish, Abbie, 1982-
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Rush, Geoffrey, 1951-
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Budge, Tom, 1982-
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Meza Mont, Roberto.
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Martin, Tony, 1955-
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Hazlehurst, Noni.
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Austin, Holly.
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Moraghan, Craig.
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Davies, Luke, 1962-
Candy.
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Film Finance Corporation Australia.
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Paradigm Hyde Films (Firm)
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New South Wales Film and Television Office.
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Margaret Fink Films.
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Sherman Pictures.
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Thinkfilm (Firm)
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Standard No. |
821575549950 |
Music No. |
TF-54995 Thinkfilm |
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