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| Sweetie | |
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| Directed by | Jane Campion |
| Produced by | John Maynard |
| Written by | Jane Campion Gerard Lee |
| Starring |
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| Music by | Martin Armiger |
| Cinematography | Sally Bongers |
| Edited by | Veronika Jenet |
| Distributed by | Filmpac Distribution Avenue Pictures Productions |
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| 97 minutes | |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
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Sweetie Undistracted 1 40 download free. is a 1989 Australian drama film directed by Jane Campion, and starring Genevieve Lemon, Karen Colston, Tom Lycos, and Jon Darling. Co-written by Campion and Gerard Lee, the film documents the contentious relationship between a twenty-something year old, her family, and her emotionally unstable sister. It was Jane Campion's first feature film. It was entered into the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
Plot[edit]
The film focuses on Kay's relationships with her boyfriend Louis, her parents and her emotionally unhealthy sister, Sweetie. Kay is quiet and superstitious, loving Louis because of the words of a fortune teller and experiencing deep foreboding towards a tree he attempted to plant in their yard. Sweetie, from Kay's perspective, is selfish in her severe mental illness. Kay's father chooses to ignore most of the erratic, childish behavior (though she has been hospitalized before) because he loves her as a little girl. Throughout, there are flashbacks of Sweetie dancing, singing and performing small, circus-like tricks with his assistance; he wants the family to remain close and dislikes when Kay acts enraged with Sweetie. The mother admits he indulges her. Louis, however, has found some freedom from his increasingly disconnected relationship with Kay because Sweetie lives uninhibited, with vigor and emotion (though extreme).
Throughout, Sweetie's physically destructive nature (ruining Kay's clothes, breaking furniture) reflects the inner disruption she has caused her family. After a series of circular fights (variable rage and delusions, her family's forgiveness, proceeded by her sweetness and fun persona), she finally overextends the limit, stripping off her clothes, painting her body black and bouncing in her childhood tree house. Though her family begs her to come down, she refuses, continuing teasing, tormenting and shaking the fort until it falls from the tree, injuring her mother and killing Sweetie. Lamentably, trees involve themselves with Sweetie even after death, as her private interment is briefly disrupted by tree roots discovered in her grave.
The family appears resolved, no longer scattered. They no longer feel manipulated and agitated by her presence. However, the best of Sweetie's personality persists, as Kay and her parents maintain an image of her in her most accurate form, that of a little girl.
Cast[edit]
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- Geneviève Lemon - Dawn aka Sweetie
- Karen Colston - Kay
- Tom Lycos - Louis
- Jon Darling - Gordon
- Dorothy Barry - Flo
- Michael Lake - Bob
- Andre Pataczek - Clayton
- Jean Hadgraft - Mrs. Schneller
- Paul Livingston - Teddy Schneller
- Louise Fox - Cheryl
- Ann Merchant - Paula
- Robyn Frank - Ruth (as Robin Frank)
- Bronwyn Morgan - Sue
- Sean Fennell - Boy clerk
- Sean Callinan - Simboo
Production[edit]
Campion wanted to make a low budget contemporary feature. She came up with the character and she and Gerard Lee started writing in February 1987 and finished in May.[2] The film was shot in Sydney.
Release and reception[edit]
In Australian Film, 1978-1994, it is described as 'a ghastly parody of the tyranny of family life'.[3]
The DVD version, released by the Criterion Collection includes three of Campion's earlier short films.
Film-maker Carol Morley cites Sweetie as her favourite film on Radio 4's The Film Programme (25 October 2018). She views Campion as her greatest influence. Campion is a surprise guest on the programme and says that Phillip French of The Observer found the film 'disgusting' and adds that 'an Italian guy' interviewed and asked why she had had to make a film that was 'so dirty'.
Box office[edit]
Sweetie grossed $337,680 at the box office in Australia.[4]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'Festival de Cannes: Sweetie'. festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 1 August 2009.
- ^Philippa Hawker, 'Jane Campion', Cinema Papers, May 1989 p29-30
- ^Murray, Scott (editor), Australian Film, 1978-1994, Oxford, 1995. ISBN0-19-553777-7
- ^'Australian Films at the Australian Box Office'(PDF). Film Victoria. p. 21. Archived from the original(PDF) on 9 March 2011.
External links[edit]
- Sweetie on IMDb
- Sweetie at AllMovie
- Sweetie at Rotten Tomatoes
- Sweetie at Oz Movies
- Sweetie: Jane Campion's Experiment an essay by Dana Polan at the Criterion Collection
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A star of the OWN series 'Welcome to Sweetie Pie's' has been charged by federal authorities in an alleged murder-for-hire plot against his 18-year-old nephew.
James Timothy Norman, 41, who appeared on the reality series about the family-owned restaurant, was charged with conspiracy to use interstate commerce facilities in the commission of a murder-for-hire plot with an exotic dancer named Terica Ellis, according to a federal complaint summarized in a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Missouri.
Norman's nephew Andre Montgomery was shot and killed on March 14, 2016. According to the release, Norman is accused of obtaining a $450,000 life insurance policy on his nephew, which listed himself as the sole beneficiary. After doing so, Norman and the exotic dancer allegedly traveled to St. Louis, Mo., separately. Montgomery was in St. Louis at the time.
On March 14, Norman and Ellis activated temporary phones that they used to communicate with each other throughout the day. Ellis also used the phone to communicate with Montgomery to obtain his location in the city. Later that day, Montgomery was shot and killed.
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'Ellis's phone location information places her in the vicinity of the murder at the time of the homicide. Immediately following Montgomery's murder, Ellis placed a call to Norman, and then began traveling to Memphis, Tennessee,' the release states.
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'Welcome To Sweetie Pie's' star James Timothy Norman has been charged in an alleged murder-for-hire plot. (Getty Images)
In the days following Montgomery's murder, Norman placed $9,000 in cash to various bank accounts in which Ellis had access. People reports that the dancer had a negative balance on her account prior to March 14.
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One week after his nephew's death, Norman attempted to collect on the life insurance policy but was unable to produce the necessary documents. He made several more attempts but was still unable to obtain the money.
Ellis was also charged with conspiracy to use interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire, resulting in death.
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department Homicide Section and FBI are investigating the charges. U.S. Attorney Jeff Jenson called it an 'extensive investigation.'
