| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD)(approximately158 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in |
| Series |
The criterion collection. 301 |
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Criterion collection. 301
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| Summary |
Janet Frame grows up in a poor family with lots of brothers and sisters. Already at an early age she is different than the other kids. She gets an education as a teacher but since she is considered abnormal she is locked up in a mental institution for eight years. Success comes when she starts to write books |
| Notes |
Based on the autobiographies of Janet Frame |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1989 |
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Includes a 40-page booklet featuring a new essay by film critic Amy Taubin and excerpts from Fran's autobiography, on which Campion based her film |
| Credits |
Directed by Jane Campion ; screenplay by Laura Jones ; producer, Bridget Ikin |
| Cast |
Kerry Fox |
| Notes |
DVD Region 1, NTSC |
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Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired |
| Subject |
Frame, Janet, 1924- -- Drama.
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Women authors, New Zealand -- 20th century -- Biography -- Drama.
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Authors, New Zealand -- 20th century -- Biography -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Biographical films.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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Biographies.
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| Author |
Ikin, Bridget.
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Jones, Laura, 1951-
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Campion, Jane, 1954-
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Fox, Kerry.
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Frame, Janet.
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Fine Line Features.
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Hibiscus Films.
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New Zealand Film Commission.
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