My First Wife
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Director Paul Cox Music director Renee Geyer, Ann Boyd Duration Language English | 7/10 IMDb Genre Drama Screenplay Paul Cox, Bob Ellis Country Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 13 September 1984 (1984-09-13) Writer Paul Cox, Bob Ellis Initial release September 13, 1984 (Australia) Cast John Hargreaves (John), Wendy Hughes (Helen), Bud Tingwell (Helen's Father)Similar movies Related Paul Cox movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
My First Wife is a 1984 Australian drama film directed by Paul Cox. The film won several AFI Awards in 1984.
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Plot
The film follows the dissolution of John and Helen's marriage and the aftermath.
Cast
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.)
The film was shot mostly at a house in Williamstown in Melbourne.
Music
Coir: 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, Budepest 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.
References
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