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Issue Details: First known date: 1995... 1995 Angel Baby
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Angel Baby is a tragi-comedy of love, loss, and mental illness. Protagonists Kate and Harry are outpatients at a psychiatric clinic: Kate believes that her guardian angel, Astral, is sending her messages through the television game show Wheel of Fortune and Harry is schizophrenic. After they meet and fall in love, Kate and Harry move away from their carers and attempt to face their adversities together. However, their new-found independence begins to draw them into an intense and emotion-driven world of their own. Over-confidence eventually leads to them stopping their medication, which is when the real struggle begins.

Affiliation Notes

  • Writing Disability in Australia

    Type of disability Schizophrenia.
    Type of character Primary.
    Point of view Third person.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Alternative title: Angel Baby : The Screenplay
Form: screenplay
    • Paddington, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press , 1996 .
      Extent: 97p.p.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • Illustrated with film stills.

      • Includes an introduction by the author about the making of the film, a critical summary by Anna Maria Dell'Oso, and film credits.

      ISBN: 0868194573

Works about this Work

Presiding Over Accidents Michael Rymer , single work criticism biography
Angel Baby Fiona Trigg , 2012 single work essay
— Appears in: World Film Locations : Melbourne 2012; (p. 90-91)
Angel at His Table Jane Freeman , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 May 2006; (p. 13)
y separately published work icon オーストラリア映画史 A History of Australian Film Keiji Sawada , Yokohama : オセアニア出版社 , 2004 15756056 2004 single work criticism
y separately published work icon Angel Baby Adrian Codrington , 2000 Perth : Centre for Research in Culture and Communication (Murdoch University) , 2000 Z1609486 2000 single work criticism Research undertaken by a student of the Centre for Culture and Communication (Murdoch University) into Angel Baby (1995). Includes aspects relating to the production phase, critical reception, principal performers and production crew, references and a synopsis.
Angel at His Table Jane Freeman , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 May 2006; (p. 13)
y separately published work icon Angel Baby Adrian Codrington , 2000 Perth : Centre for Research in Culture and Communication (Murdoch University) , 2000 Z1609486 2000 single work criticism Research undertaken by a student of the Centre for Culture and Communication (Murdoch University) into Angel Baby (1995). Includes aspects relating to the production phase, critical reception, principal performers and production crew, references and a synopsis.
And the Winner Is ... Australia Keith Connolly , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 5 November 1995; (p. 7)
Presiding Over Accidents Michael Rymer , single work criticism biography
Love Triumphs Amidst Messages From Chaos Anna Maria Dell'Oso , 1995 single work single work review
— Appears in: Sydney Morning Herald , 26 October 1995; (p. 16)

'EVERYTHING about Angel Baby gets you where it hurts. Original and compelling, the film has the bald, alarming beauty of a Sylvia Plath poem, only warmer and without the overtly suicidal intensity. It's also often very funny. This extraordinary debut feature from US-trained young Australian director Michael Rymer is one of those rare films where you come out with a great deal more than when you walked in.' (Introduction)

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