Sweetie

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New Zealand-born filmmaker Jane Campion directs the darkly humorous family drama Sweetie. Thin and mousy Kay Karen Colson works in a factory and lives a dreary existence with her well-meaning boyfriend, Louis Tom Lycos. One day, her sister Dawn Genevieve Lemon arrives with her so-called manager, Bob Michael Lake. Nicknamed Sweetie, Dawn is everything Kay is not: boisterous, impulsive, and overweight. Kay is consumed with uptight phobias, while Dawn hangs on to her unrealistic childhood dreams of show business. ...
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Overview

New Zealand-born filmmaker Jane Campion directs the darkly humorous family drama Sweetie. Thin and mousy Kay Karen Colson works in a factory and lives a dreary existence with her well-meaning boyfriend, Louis Tom Lycos. One day, her sister Dawn Genevieve Lemon arrives with her so-called manager, Bob Michael Lake. Nicknamed Sweetie, Dawn is everything Kay is not: boisterous, impulsive, and overweight. Kay is consumed with uptight phobias, while Dawn hangs on to her unrealistic childhood dreams of show business. Meanwhile, their parents, Gordon Jon Darling and Flo Dorothy Barry, are involved in a strange separation. Kay, Louis, and Gordon trick Dawn so they can visit Flo at a ranch in the Australian outback. Everyone gets together back at the family home where Dawn pulls an immature stunt, exposing the psychological realities of the situation.
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Special Features

Audio commentary featuring Campion, Bongers, and screenwriter Gerard Lee; Making "Sweetie," a video conversation between stars Genevieve Lemon and Karen Colston; Campion's early short films An Exclusive in Discipline: Peel, Passionless Moments, and A Girl's Own Story; Jane Campion: The Film School Years, a 1989 conversation between Campion and critic Peter Thompson; Behind-the-scenes photos and production stills; Original theatrical trailer
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Editorial Reviews

All Movie Guide - Michael Hastings
Writer/director Jane Campion garnered worldwide attention at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival with her first full-length feature, the alternately whimsical and disturbing Sweetie. This color-saturated tale of two sisters -- the reserved, deliberate Kay (Karen Colston) and the uninhibited, childlike Sweetie (Genevieve Lemon) -- divided critics on its release, as it established many of the motifs that Campion would explore in her subsequent successes, An Angel at My Table and The Piano. When the film begins, Kay's sad-sack demeanor and passive behavior appear to be dissolving as she starts to take control of her life -- that is, until the younger Sweetie turns up on her doorstep. Lemon's performance is something to behold: She's a pale, fleshy Freudian nightmare in heavy eye makeup, prone to histrionics and sly turns of seduction. Without resorting to textbook feminist indictments of male culture, the film charts the havoc a husband's indifference and a father's misguided attention can play on the emotional development of two very different women. Campion would later use Lemon in The Piano and Holy Smoke.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 4/19/2011
  • UPC: 715515069519
  • Original Release: 1989

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  • Source: Criterion
  • Region Code: A
  • Presentation: Special Edition / Wide Screen / Subtitled
  • Sound: DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound
  • Time: 1:39:00
  • Format: Blu-ray
  • Sales rank: 37,501

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Genevieve Lemon Dawn/Sweetie
Karen Colston Kay
Tom Lycos Louis
Jon Darling Gordon
Dorothy Barry Flo
Michael Lake Bob
Andre Pataczek Clayton
Charles Abbott Meditation teacher
Diana Armer Melony
Larry Brand Sweetie's Funeral
Sean Callinan Simboo
Ben Cochrane Boy in Tree
Bruce Currie Man with Saw
Irene Curtis Mandy
Sean Fennell Boy clerk
Emma Fowler Little Sweetie
Louise Fox Cheryl
Robyn Frank Ruth
Norm Galton Notary
Jean Hadgraft Mrs. Schneller
Warren Hensley Man handshaker
Gerard Lee Lead Jackaroo
Paul Livingston Teddy Schneller
Cedric McLaughlan Sweetie's Funeral
Ann Merchant Paula
Barbara Middleton Clayton's Mum
Bronwyn Morgan Sue
John Negroponte
Kristoffer Pershouse Boy in Tree
Norman Phillips Nosy Neighbor
Ken Porter Lead Jakaroo
Doug Ramsey Sweetie's Funeral
Shirley Sheppard Nosy Neighbor
Technical Credits
Jane Campion Director, Casting, Screenwriter
Martin Armiger Score Composer
Sally Bongers Cinematographer
Jane Castle Camera Operator
Wendy Freeman Makeup
Peter Harris Production Designer
Veronika Haussler Editor
Bernie Ledger Stunts
Gerard Lee Screenwriter
Gerald Lee Screenwriter
Amanda Lovejoy Costumes/Costume Designer
William MacKinnon Co-producer
John Maynard Producer
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