Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in |
Summary |
Fact-based recounting of a group of women who are imprisoned on the island of Sumatra by the Japanese during World War II and used music as a relief to their misery |
Notes |
"Based on a true story ... by David Giles and Martin Meader" |
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Letterbox format (2.35:1) and widescreen (aspect ratio 16:9) |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1997 |
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Reel Corporation: C-109567-9 |
Credits |
Editor: Tim Wellburn; produced by Sue Milliken and Greg Coote; written and directed by Bruce Beresford |
Cast |
Glenn Close, Frances McDormand, Pauline Collins, Cate Blanchett, Jennifer Ehle, Julianna Margulies |
Notes |
Rated: M, recommended for mature audiences, contains medium level violence |
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DVD format ; Region 4 ; PAL |
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Available to Deakin University staff and students only |
Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Drama.
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Prisoners of war -- Indonesia -- Sumatra -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Music and the war -- Drama.
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Music -- Psychological aspects -- Drama.
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Music in prisons -- Drama.
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Music therapy -- Drama.
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Female friendship -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama.
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Motion pictures, Australian.
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Genre/Form |
War films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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Author |
Giles, David.
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Meader, Martin.
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Close, Glenn, 1947-
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McDormand, Frances.
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Milliken, Sue, 1940-
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Blanchett, Cate, 1969-
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Ehle, Jennifer, 1969-
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Margulies, Julianna, 1966-
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Collins, Pauline, 1940-
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Beresford, Bruce.
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Coote, Greg, 1942-
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