Emerald City (film)

Emerald City is a 1988 film directed by Michael Jenkins, an adaptation of the play of the same name. Much of the plays dialogue is retained, though discussion of offstage characters is usually replaced with their appearance and a more conventionally cinematic level and speed of dialogue. Also, the younger daughter Hannah was omitted.

We sat down with the piece when it was in script form and we thought, This is not going to survive if we approach it too politely, so... we decided we would do it as we did we were a bit inspired by some of the Cary Grant movies of the 40s when they talked so quickly. So we thought we would pursue that line and feed the information to an audience at a fairly fast rate so that it keeps happening for them. There were mixed critiques. We had some friends and some foes. Those that loved it loved it those that hated it were very angry about how fast we spoke.The Australian Film Institute nominated it for five awards Best Actor John Hargreaves, Best Achievement in Cinematography Paul Murphy, Best Adapted Screenplay David Williamson, Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nicole Kidman, and Best Actor in a Supporting Role Chris Haywood, for which it won. ........

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