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26 November 1993 (Australia) moreTagline:
Will the boy get the girl! Will the girl get the girl! Desperate Times call for Desperate Remedies morePlot:
In a town called Hope on the edge of Britain's empire, desperations clash: the beautiful Dorothea Brook... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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5 wins & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Outrageous film from New Zealand. more (6 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jennifer Ward-Lealand | ... | Dorothea Brook | |
| Kevin Smith | ... | Lawrence Hayes | |
| Lisa Chappell | ... | Anne Cooper | |
| Cliff Curtis | ... | Fraser | |
| Michael Hurst | ... | Willam Poyser | |
| Kiri Mills | ... | Rose | |
| Bridget Armstrong | ... | Mary Anne | |
| Timothy Raby | ... | Mr. Weedle | |
| Helen Steemson | ... | Gnits | |
| Geeling Ng | ... | Su Lim (as Geeling Ching) | |
| Kate Bartlett | ... | Chorus #1 | |
| Johnny Bond | ... | Chorus #2 | |
| Ann Coc-Kroft | ... | Chorus #3 | |
| Maya Dalziel | ... | Chorus #4 | |
| Alison Du Fresne | ... | Chorus #5 |
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UK:93 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
DolbyFilming Locations:
Auckland, New ZealandFun Stuff
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William Poyser: Your wit is uncommonly sharp, Miss Cooper.Ann Cooper: I have known what it is to want, Mr Poyser.
William Poyser: You were a governess, I believe, before.
Ann Cooper: Miss Brook freed me from that pension grind.
William Poyser: Certainly we've all come here to better ourselves.
Ann Cooper: If not to make ourselves better.
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Movie has migrane-inducingly bright colors, and outlandish costumes - such as a hoop-skirt with nothing under it.
Gay sensibility throughout, in this somewhat peculiar, Victorianish setting.