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Alternative title: A Cry in the Dark
Adaptation of Evil Angels John Bryson , 1985 single work non-fiction
Issue Details: First known date: 1988... 1988 Evil Angels
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Film Details - Cannon Entertainment ; Warner Brothers , 1988

Producers:

Verity Lambert.

Production Companies:

Warner Brothers, Evil Angels Films, and Golan-Globus Productions.
In association with Cinema Verity.
Presented by Cannon Entertainment.

Director of Photography:

Ian Baker.

Editors:

Jill Bilcock.

Production Designers:

Wendy Dickson and George Liddle.

Music:

Bruce Smeaton.

Cast:

Including Meryl Streep (Lindy Chamberlain), Sam Neill (Michael Chamberlain), Dale Reeves (Aidan, 6 years), David Hoflin (Aidan, 8 years), Jason Reason (Aidan, 11 years), Michael Wetter (Reagan, 4 years), Kane Barton (Reagan, 6 years), Trent Roberts (Reagan, 9 years), Lauren Shepherd (Azaria), Bethany Ann Prickett (Azaria), Alison O'Connell (Azaria), Aliza Dason (Azaria), Jane Coker (Kahlia, new born), Rae-Leigh Henson (Kahlia, 18 months), Nicolette Minster (Kahlia, 4 years), Brian James (Cliff Murchison), Dorothy Alison (Avis Murchison), Maurie Fields (Barritt), Peter Hosking (Macknay), Matthew Barker (O'Loughlin), Bruce Kilpatrick (Peter Dean), Charles 'Bud' Tingwell (Muirhead), Bruce Myles (Barker), Neil Fitzpatrick (Phillips), Dennis Miller (Sturgess), Lewis Fitz-Gerald (Tipple), and Brendan Higgins (Kirkham).

Release Dates:

3 November 1988 (Australia).

Location:

  • Filmed in Central Australia and the Northern Territory (including Alice Springs, Darwin, and Uluru), Queensland (including Mount Isa), New South Wales (including Sydney), and Victoria (including Melbourne).

Awards:

  • AFI Award (Best Actor in a Lead Role), Australian Film Institute, 1989.
  • AFI Award (Best Actress in a Lead Role), Australian Film Institute, 1989.
  • AFI Award (Best Director), Australian Film Institute, 1989.
  • PFS Award (Exposé), Political Film Society, USA, 1989.
  • NYFCC Award (Best Actress), New York Film Critics Circle Awards, 1989.
  • Best Actress, Cannes Film Festival, 1989.
Subjects:
Settings:
  • Uluru, South West Northern Territory, Southern Northern Territory, Northern Territory,
  • 1980
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