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In an AFI Award winning performance, Judy Davis plays Lilli, a back-up singer for an Elvis impersonator. When she is fired from the tour in a NSW South Coast country town she sets out on a drunken binge. Holed up in a caravan park she meets up with young Ally and a friendship soon develops between t...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Filmpac Holdings Limited, Hemdale Film Corporation, Umbrella Entertainment (Firm), National Film and Sound Archive (Australia)
Other Authors: Armstrong, Gillian, 1950-, Jones, Laura, 1951-, Levy, Sandra, Davis, Judy, 1956-, Adele, Jan, Karvan, Claudia, 1972-, Holden, Frankie J., John Clayton, Friels, Colin, 1952-, Boyd, Russell, 1944-, Campbell, Sally, Best, Peter (Composer)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: [Australia] : Umbrella aussie DVD : National Film & Sound Archive, [2010]
Edition:Widescreen.
Subjects:
Mothers and daughters > Drama.
Desertion and non-support > Australia > Drama.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
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Summary:In an AFI Award winning performance, Judy Davis plays Lilli, a back-up singer for an Elvis impersonator. When she is fired from the tour in a NSW South Coast country town she sets out on a drunken binge. Holed up in a caravan park she meets up with young Ally and a friendship soon develops between the women. Emotions run deep as their journey of discovery is tested by Lilli's new boyfriend Mick and Ally's grandmother Bet.--
Item Description:Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 1987.
Special features: audio commentary by Gillian Armstrong and Sandra Levy, closing comments by executive producer Antony Ginnane; original theatrical trailer.
Anamorphic widescreen 1.77:1 ; enhanced for 16:9 TVs.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (100 min) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; PAL; Dolby Digital 2.0.
Audience:"M: recommended for mature audiences."--Container.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Russell Boyd; production designer Sally Campbell ; original music, Peter Best.