| Description |
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Originally produced as an Australian motion picture in 2002. |
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Special features: Filmographies [text feature]; Weblinks [requires a DVD-ROM and Internet access]; Trailer collection [other Wellspring films]. |
| Contents |
Gavin -- Final days -- Mom -- Dying at home -- It's over -- Gone to heaven? -- Funeral directors -- Lucky day -- Love of his life -- No baby's breath -- At the house -- Charlie -- Encounter -- Dancing -- Staying on -- Heading home -- Will -- Kate calls -- New apartment -- Wild night -- In bad shape -- Ashes -- Flying home -- Got it all. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Robert Humphreys ; editor, Reva Childs ; composer, Antony Partos. |
| Cast |
Vince Colosimo, Maria Theodorakis, Nathaniel Dean, Judi Farr, Nicholas Bishop, David Bonney, Daniel Roberts, Anna Lise Phillips. |
| Summary |
Charlie and Anna are Gavin's two best friends. They made a pact to assist the terminally ill Gavin to die when the time came. However, despite a massive dose of morphine, Gavin stays alive. Charlie ends up using a plastic bag to suffocate Gavin, hardly the dignified death they had planned. Thus begins an emotional roller coaster ride during which Charlie and Anna are forced to face the true meaning of friendship, loyalty and love. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Awards |
Australian Film Institute Awards, 2002: Best Original Screenplay (Roger Monk); Best Editing (Reva Childs); Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Nathaniel Dean); Best Actress in a Leading Role (Maria Theodorakis); Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Judi Farr). |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Grief -- Drama.
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Euthanasia -- Drama.
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Friendship -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Motion pictures -- Australia.
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Motion pictures, Australian.
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Feature films.
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Foreign films.
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| Added Author |
Monk, Roger.
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Watts, Liz.
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Ayers, Tony.
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Colosimo, Vince, 1966-
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Theodorakis, Maria.
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Dean, Nathaniel, 1956-
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Farr, Judi.
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SBS Independent.
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Showtime Australia (Firm)
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New South Wales Film and Television Office.
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Porchlight Films Pty. Ltd. (Firm)
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Wellspring Media.
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Adelaide Festival (Adelaide, S.A.) (2002)
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| ISBN |
079420323X |
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9780794203238 |
| Standard No. |
720917536224 |
| Music No. |
FLV5362 Wellspring Media |
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