High Tide (1987)

Director:

Gillian Armstrong

Guionista:

Laura Jones (writer)

Release Date:

abril 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Story about a backup singer for an Elvis impersonator who re-enters her past when she leaves a tour...

Plot Keywords:

Family Abandonment | Village | Alcoholism | Remake | Independent Film

Awards:

3 wins & 5 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

The powerful Judy Davis

Cast

Judy Davis	...	Lillie
Jan Adele	...	Bet
Claudia Karvan	...	Ally
Frankie J. Holden	...	Lester
John Clayton	...	Col
Colin Friels	...	Mick
Toni Scanlan	...	Mary
Monica Trapaga	...	Tracey
Barry Rugless	...	Club manager
'Cowboy' Bob Purtell	...	Joe
Mark Hembrow	...	Mechanic
Emily Stocker	...	Michelle
Marc Aden	...	Jason (as Marc Gray)
Jan Boreham	...	Mona
May Howlett	...	Mick's mum
David Attrill	...	Band member
Charles Camilleri	...	Band member
Rob Carlton	...	Pinball boy
Kathryn Chalker	...	Teacher
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Buki Armstrong
Eddie Fisher	...	Band member
Keith Holder	...	Band member
Robert Lewis	...	Band member
Margaret McCudden	...	Pianist
Gary Richards	...	Band member
Christopher Turner	...	Band member
Robert Wilson	...	Band member

Dirigida por
Gillian Armstrong

Créditos del guión (in alphabetical order)
Laura Jones		writer

Producida por
Antony I. Ginnane	....	executive producer
Sandra Levy	....	producer
Greg Ricketson	....	associate producer
Joseph Skrzynski	....	executive producer

Música original por
Peter Best

Fotografía por
Russell Boyd

Montaje por
Nicholas Beauman

Casting
Liz Mullinar

Diseño de producción por
Sally Campbell

Dirección artística
Ian Allen

Decorados
Tim Ferrier

Diseño de vestuario por
Terry Ryan

Departamento de maquillaje
Francia Smeets	....	assistant hair stylist
Francia Smeets	....	assistant makeup artist
Lesley Vanderwalt	....	hair stylist
Lesley Vanderwalt	....	makeup artist

Dirección de producción
Julie Forster	....	production manager
Hugh Johnston	....	unit production manager

Ayudante de dirección
Maria Phillips	....	third assistant director
Mark Turnbull	....	first assistant director
P.J. Voeten	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Martin Bruveris	....	mural painter
Garth Croft	....	carpenter
Tim Ferrier	....	assistant production designer
Blossom Flint	....	production buyer
Kim Hilder	....	propmaker
Ned McCann	....	scenic artist
John Rann	....	construction coordinator
Jenny T. Ward	....	art coordinator (as Jenny Ward)
David Wilson	....	property master

Departamento de sonido
Anne Breslin	....	sound editor
Peter Fenton	....	sound re-recording mixer
Sally Fitzpatrick	....	assistant sound editor
Phil Heywood	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tim Jordan	....	supervising sound editor
Geoff Krix	....	boom operator
Ben Osmo	....	sound recordist
Martin Oswin	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Patterson	....	sound editor
Kevin St. Alder	....	assistant sound editor

Efectos especiales
Ross Wallace	....	set model maker

Visual Effects
Roger Cowland	....	visual effects coordinator

Especialistas
James M. Halty	....	stunt coordinator
Bernard Ledger	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Brian Bansgrove	....	gaffer
Ian Bird	....	best boy grip
Russell Boyd	....	camera operator
Ray Brown	....	key grip
Colin Chase	....	electrician
Colin Chase	....	generator operator
Paul Gantner	....	electrical best boy
Stuart Green	....	best boy grip
David Gribble	....	additional director of photography
Jon Love	....	still photographer
Andrew McLean	....	focus puller
Peter Menzies Jr.	....	director of photography: second unit
David Parker	....	still photographer
Mark Sarfaty	....	clapper loader
Geoffrey Wharton	....	director of photography: second unit
Geoffrey Wharton	....	steadicam operator

Casting Department
Jackie Quilter	....	extras casting
Christine Woodruff	....	assistant extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Gabrielle Healy	....	costume assistant
Louise Wakefield	....	stand-by wardrobe

Editorial Department
Antonia Barnard	....	post-production coordinator
Andrew Barnes	....	assistant editor
Nick Breslin	....	assistant editor
Arthur Cambridge	....	color grader
Miriam Cortes	....	negative cutter

Otros miembros del equipo
Sally Ainsworth	....	tutor
David Atkins	....	choreographer
Libby Blainey	....	title designer
Tom Churchill-Brown	....	production runner
Leah Cocks	....	location manager
Kristen Dunphy	....	assistant to director
Vic Ford	....	surf instructor
Nicky Gluyas	....	assistant to cast
Lyn Henderson	....	assistant to director
Daphne Paris	....	continuity
Annette Patterson	....	production coordinator
Richard Piorkowski	....	laboratory liaison
Kathy Trout	....	caterer
Denise Wolfson	....	laboratory liaison

Production Companies

• FGH
• Hemdale Film
• SJL

Distributors

• Filmpac Distribution
• Filmpac Home Video (Australia) (VHS)
• TriStar Pictures

Other Companies

• Colorfilm Pty. Ltd.  laboratory services
• Kaos Catering  catering
• Samuelson Film Service Pty. Ltd.  camera equipment provided by
• Spectrum Films International  post-production facilities

También conocida como:

Extraño amor, Un (Spain) [es]

Duración:

Spain:101 min | USA:101 min

País:

Australia

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Spain:13 | Iceland:L | Hungary:14 | Australia:M | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Eden, New South Wales, Australia

Company:

FGH

Movie Connections:

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The powerful Judy Davis

There are very few performers today who can keep me captivated throughout an entire film just by their presence. One of those few is Judy Davis, who has built a successful career out of creating characters that are headstrong in attitude but very vulnerable at heart. She takes roles that most other performers would treat melodramatically and adds a fiery, deeply emotional intensity that pulls attention away from everything else on the screen.

Her skills are well displayed in "High Tide," a film that matches her up a second time with director Gillian Armstrong, who gave Davis her first major success with "My Brilliant Career." In that film, Davis played a young woman who was determined to make it in the world, despite the suffocation she felt from her community and upbringing. In "High Tide," however, Davis' character, Lillie, is roughly the opposite: she gave up on any hope for her future when she was young, and, after giving birth to a child, runs from her responsibilities and takes up a life without direction or meaning. When she finally meets up with her daughter years later, the thought of taking care of her child is petrifying; she knows this is her chance to atone for her failures, but how can she be honest with her daughter and still gain her respect?

Gillian Armstrong's films usually relate stories about characters who desperately want to communicate with each other, but face obstacles set up by their own personal habits and addictions. "Oscar and Lucinda," for instance, was about a man and a woman who desperately needed each other's love but were always blindsided by their craving for chance, represented by their gambling addictions. Here, we are immersed in the world of a family torn apart by the mother's inability to commit to a settled life and her struggles to redeem herself despite being fully convinced that it's too late to change for the better. This is not simply a film with a great performance at its center, but also a rare achievement: a fully convincing story of redemption.