For our October outing, Movie Club members will be seeing The Dressmaker at the Varsity Cinema (ManuLife Centre, Bay & Bloor) for the 12:25 screening. As always, we'll try to meet near the box office about 20 minutes earlier and if you don't spot me or other club members, just go in and watch the film. If you plan to nosh & natter downstairs afterwards at Scaccia, either meet us near the escalators or go directly to the restaurant.
SYNOPSIS, WRITER, DIRECTOR & PRINCIPAL CAST:
Wikipedia: The Dressmaker is a 2015 Australian revenge comedy-drama film directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse, based on the novel of the same name by Rosalie Ham. It was produced by Sue Maslin, with a screenplay by Moorhouse. It stars Kate Winslet as a femme fatale in the titular role of the dressmaker, Myrtle "Tilly" Dunnage, who returns to a small Australian town to take care of her ailing, mentally unstable mother. The film explores the themes of revenge and creativity and was described by Moorhouse as "Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven with a sewing machine."
The project was first developed in 2000, and Ham wrote a treatment herself. After initial attempts failed, Maslin bought the rights to the novel and hired Moorhouse to direct and write the screenplay. Production took place in Melbourne and across Victoria, Australia in late 2014. The film had its world premiere at 2015 Toronto International Film Festival on 14 September 2015 and had a theatrical release on 29 October 2015 in Australia and New Zealand. It opened at the number 1 spot at the Australian and New Zealand box offices and became the second highest-grossing Australian film of 2015 and eleventh highest-grossing film of all time at Australian box office.
The film led the 5th AACTA Awards with thirteen nominations, including Best Film, Best Direction, Best Production Design, Best Original Music Score, Best Sound, Best Editing, Best Cinematography[17][18] and won Best Lead Actress,Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Costume Design and People's Choice Award for Favourite Australian Film.
Writer: Rosalie Ham (novel) and P.J. Hogan (screenplay)
Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse
TRAILER:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMEu-1CIB_I
