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Alternative title: The Curse
Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 Cut
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Film Details - Beyond Productions ; MBP (Germany) ; Mushroom Pictures , 2000

Producers:

Bill Bennett (Producer)
Martin Fabinyi (Producer)
Jennifer Cluff (Producer)
Mikael Borglund (Executive Producer)
Michael Gudinski (Executive Producer)
Gary Hamilton (Executive Producer)
Rainer Mockert (Executive Producer)
Julia Overton (Co-Producer)

Production Companies:

Beyond Productions
MBP (Germany)
Mushroom Pictures

Finance Organisations:

South Australian Film Corporation

Director of Photography:

David Foreman

Editors:

Henry Dangar

Production Designers:

Steven Jones-Evans

Composer:

Guy Gross

Cast:

Molly Ringwald (Vanessa Turnbill/Chloe), Frank Roberts (Brad/Scarman), Kylie Minogue (Hilary Jacobs), Geoff Revell (Lossman), Jessica Napier (Raffy Carruthers), Sarah Kants (Hester Ryan), Stephen Curry (Rick Stephens), Matt Russell (Paulie Morrelli), Erika Walters (Cassie Woolf), Cathy Adamek (Julie Bardot), Steve Greig (Jim Pilonski), Sam Lewis (Damien Ogle), Paul Blackwell (Vanessa's Manager), Scott Heysen (Original Director), Don Barker (Original Producer), Phyllis Burford (Martha), Dominic Pedlar (TV Reporter), Holly Myers (TV Reporter), Patrick Frost (TV Reporter), Simon Bossell (Bobby Doog), Edwin Hodgeman (Mr Drivett), Peter Green (Sen. Det. Hollander), Caroline Mignon (Detective Lucy Carter), Bronwyn James (Forensic Supervisor), Huong Nguyen (Cleaner), Pamela Shaw (Lecturer), Tiriel Mora (Archives Projectionist).

Release Dates:

1. Premiered on 23 February 2000 in Adelaide (South Australia). Released commercially in Australia on 2 March 2000. Other release dates include Brazil (20 March 2000 - DVD), France (31 May 2000), Belgium (12 July 2000), Turkey (14 July 2000), Japan (15 July 2000, Tokyo), Germany (31 October 2000 - DVD), Hong Kong (9 November 2000), Iceland (27 November 2000 - DVD), Malaysia (4 January 2001), UK (15 January 2001 - DVD), Estonia (9 February 2001), Lithuania (23 February 2001), Netherlands (27 March 2001 - DVD) South Korea (31 March 2001), Argentina (24 May 2001 - DVD), Spain (31 August 2001), Egypt (3 October 2001), Kuwait (8 December 2001), Mexico (12 May 2002 - DVD), Philippines (17 March 2004). Also screened at the 2000 München Fantasy Filmfest (Germany) and 2000 Oldenburg Film Festival (Germany).
2. Released on DVD format in 2001 by Trimark Home Video.

Location:

  • Filmed in South Australia, with locations including the Adelaide Hills, Bridgewater, and Port Adelaide.

Notes:

1. Also known as Alithinos Tromos (Greece), Corten (Spain), Cenas de Horror (Brazil), Corta! (Portugal), Il Tagliagole (Italy), Haykiris (Turkey), The Curse (Philippines).
2. The version released in Argentina was extended to 98 minutes.

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