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Wikipedia article




'My First Wife' is a 1984 Australian drama film directed by Paul Cox. The film won several AFI Awards in 1984.

Plot



The film follows the dissolution of John and Helen's marriage and the aftermath.

Cast



*John Hargreaves as John

*Wendy Hughes as Helen

*Lucy Angwin as Lucy

*David Cameron as Tom

*Anna Maria Monticelli as Hilary

*Betty Lucas as Helen's Mother

*Lucy Uralov as John's Mother

*Robin Lovejoy as John's father

*Charles 'Bud' Tingwell as Helen's Father

*Jon Finlayson as Bernard

*Julia Blake as Kirstin

Production



The film was based on the breakdown of Cox's marriage. He started writing the script, showed it to Bob Ellis and the two men wrote the screenplay together. (Ellis says they spent a day and a half on it.[http://www.signis.net/malone/tiki-index.php?page=Bob+Ellis&bl Interview with Bob Ellis, 13 August 1996] accessed 14 October 2012)

The film was shot mostly at a house in Williamstown in Melbourne.David Stratton, 'The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p99-100

Music



'Choir': Members of the Tudor Choristers directed by David Carolane

'Christoph Willibald Gluck: "Orpheus & Euridice".'

Berliner Symphoniker Hermann Prey

Conductor Horst Stein

'Joseph Haydn - "Paukenmesse"'

Bayerischen Rundfunks Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

Conductor Rafael Kubelik, Polygram

'Ann Boyd - "As I crossed a Bridge of Dreams", "Cycle of love"', Faber Music Ltd.

Carl Orff - "Carmine Burana"

'Czech Philarmonic Orchestra & Chorus', Conducted by Vaclev Smetacek, Supraphon

'Rene Geyer' '- "Hot Minuets"', Mushroom Records, Australia

'Frans Sussmayr - "Grandfather's Birthday Celebration"', Hungarian Radio Children's Chorus, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Laszlo Csanyl

Box office



'My First Wife' grossed $413,199 at the box office in Australia, which is equivalent to $1,049,525 in 2009 dollars.

Awards



'My First Wife' won in 1984 AFI Awards in the Best Actor in a Lead Role (John Hargreaves), Best Director (Paul Cox), Best Original Screenplay (Paul Cox, Bob Ellis) categories and was nominated in 4 more categories. Paul Cox also won the 1986 Grand Prix award at the Flanders International Film Festival in 1986.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087765/awards IMDb awards]

See also



*Cinema of Australia

References



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