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Screen cap from promotional trailer
Adaptation of
Strictly Ballroom
1986
single work
drama
Issue Details:
First known date:
1992...
1992
Strictly Ballroom
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Film Details - M and A Film Corporation , 1992
Producers:
Tristram Miall (Producer).
Antoinette Albert (Executive Producer).
Production Companies:
M and A Film Corporation.
Rank Organisation.
Beyond Films.
Finance Organisations:
Australian Film Finance Corporation.
Director of Photography:
Steve Mason.
Editors:
Jill Bilcock.
Production Designers:
Catherine Martin.
Composer:
David Hirschfelder (Original Music).
Cast:
Paul Mercurio (Scott Hastings), Tara Morice (Fran), Bill Hunter (Barry Fife), Pat Thomson (Shirley Hastings), Gia Carides (Liz Holt), Peter Whitford (Les Kendall), Barry Otto (Doug Hastings), John Hannan (Ken Railings), Sonia Kruger (Tina Sparkle), Kris McQuade (Charm Leachman), Pip Mushin (Wayne Burns), Leonie Page (Vanessa Cronin), Antonio Vargas (Rico), Armonia Benedito (Ya Ya), Jack Webster (Terry), Lauren Hewett (Kylie Hastings), Steve Grace (Luke), Paul Bertram (J.J. Silvers, State Finals MC), Di Emery (Waitress), Lara Mulcahy (Natalie), Brian M. Logan (Clarey), Michael Burgess (Merv), Todd McKenney (Nathan Starkey), Kerry Shrimpton (Pam Short), Simone Gage, Bradley Sabott, Ray Mather, Jo Shinta, Peter Lynch, Lee Becchiet, Warren Ring, Jaja Jamieson, John 'Cha Cha' O'Connell, Anita Curtis, Roxana Vella, Deanne Curtis, Ángel García, Dene Kermond, Genevieve White, Lisa Ellis, Jacqueline Lendich, Bob Adams.
Release Dates:
1. First screened at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival (France). Australian premiere, 20 August 1992. Commercial releases include: France (2 September 1992), Netherlands (15 October 1992), United Kingdom (16 October 1992), Brazil (November 1992), Germany (5 November 1992), Sweden (11 December 1992), USA (12 February 1993), Finland (9 April 1993), Spain (2 July 1993), Turkey (23 June 1995).
2. Also screened at the 1992 New York Film Festival (USA) and 1993 Fantasporto Film Festival (Portugal)
3. Released on videocassette format in Australia in 1993 by Ronin Films and in the USA by Touchstone Home Video (1994). Re-released on DVD format in the UK in 2001 by Carlton Video and in Australia in 2002 by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.
Awards:
- Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (1992) Best Achievement in Costume Design - Angus Strathie (winner)
- Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (1992) Best Achievement in Editing - Jill Bilcock (winner)
- Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (1992) Best Achievement in Production Design -Catherine Martin (winner)
- Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (1992) Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Barry Otto (winner)
- Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (1992) Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Pat Thomson (winner)
- Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (1992) Best Director - Baz Luhrmann (winner)
- Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (1992) Best Film - Tristram Miall (winner)
- Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (1992) Best Achievement in Cinematography -Steve Mason (nomination)
- Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (1992) Best Achievement in Sound - Bruce Brown, Ben Osmo and Roger Savage (nomination)
- Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (1992) Best Actor in a Lead Role - Paul Mercurio (nomination)
- Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (1992) Best Actress in a Lead Role - Tara Morice (nomination)
- Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (1992) Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Gia Carides (nomination)
- British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards, UK (1993) Best Costume Design - Angus Strathie and Catherine Martin (winners)
- British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards, UK (1993) Best Original Film Score - David Hirschfelder (winner)
- British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards, UK (1993) Best Production Design - Catherine Martin (winner)
- British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards, UK (1993) Best Actress - Tara Morice (nomination)
- British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards, UK (1993) Best Editing - Jill Bilcock (nomination)
- British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards, UK (1993) Best Film -Tristram Miall and Baz Luhrmann (nomination)
- British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards, UK (1993) Best Sound - Antony Gray, Ben Osmo, Roger Savage, Ian McLoughlin and Phil Judd (nomination)
- Bogota Film Festival, (1992) Golden Precolumbian Circle (nomination).
- Cannes Film Festival, (1992) Award of the Youth.
- Chicago International Film Festival, (1992) Silver Hugo (Best First Feature Film).
- Golden Globes, (1994) Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical (nomination)
- London Critics Circle Film Awards, (1993) ALFS Award (Newcomer of the Year).
- Love is Folly International Film Festival, Bulgaria, (1993) Golden Aphrodite.
- Robert Festival, (1993) Best Foreign Film (Årets udenlandske spillefilm).
- Toronto International Film Festival, (1992) People's Choice Award.
- Vancouver International Film Festival, (1992) Most Popular Film.
Notes:
1. Also known as Ballroom - Gara di Ballo (Italy), Ballroom Dancing (France), Dancing Hero (Japan - English title), Dans ve Ask (Turkey), De Förbjudna Stegen (Sweden), El Amor Está en el Aire (Spain), Roztanczony Buntownik (Poland), Strictly Ballroom - Die Gegen die Regeln Tanzen (Germany), Strictly Ballroom - de Forbudte Trin (Denmark), Strictly Ballroom - Kielletyt Askeleet (Finland), Vem Dançar Comigo (Brazil).
2. Videocassette release includes the international electronic press kit used in the promotion of the film, featuring interviews with director Baz Luhrmann and actors Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice, and Gia Carides.
