Desperate Remedies (1993)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Directors:

Stewart Main
Peter Wells

Writers:

Stewart Main (writer)
Peter Wells (writer)

Release Date:

26 November 1993 (Australia)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Will the boy get the girl! Will the girl get the girl! Desperate Times call for Desperate Remedies

Plot:

In a town called Hope on the edge of Britain's empire, desperations clash: the beautiful Dorothea Brook...

Plot Keywords:

Love Versus Lust | Drug Addiction | Girlfriend Girlfriend Relationship | Gay Interest | Opium

Awards:

5 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

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

Runtime:

UK:93 min

Country:

New Zealand

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:14 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Australia:R | Spain:18 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Auckland, New Zealand

Company:

Avalon/NFU Studios

Quotes:

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.

Soundtrack:

Emperor Walz

Outrageous film from New Zealand.

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.