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My Brilliant Career

1979 film by Gillian Armstrong
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Summary

My Brilliant Career is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,310 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: AACTA Award for Best Film[3], AACTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay[4], AACTA Award for Best Cinematography[5], AACTA Award for Best Costume Design[6], AACTA Award for Best Direction[7]
  • Director: Gillian Armstrong[8]
  • Screenwriter: Eleanor Witcombe[9]
  • Composer: Nathan Waks[10]
  • Movement: Australian New Wave[11]
  • Genre: coming-of-age film[12], romance film[13], drama film[14], comedy film[15]
  • Based on: My Brilliant Career[16]
  • Cast member: Judy Davis[17], Sam Neill[18], Wendy Hughes[19], Robert Grubb[20], Max Cullen[21], Aileen Britton[22], Peter Whitford[23], Patricia Kennedy[24], Alan Hopgood[25], Julia Blake[26], David Franklin[27], Gordon Piper[28], Simone Buchanan[29], Carole Skinner[30]
  • Producer: Margaret Fink[31]
  • Director of photography: Donald McAlpine[32]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[33]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[34]
  • Review score: 7.7/10[35], 86%[36]
  • Color: color[37]
  • Country of origin: Australia[38]
  • Publication date: August 17, 1979[39]
  • Distributed by: Event Cinemas[40], Netflix[41], ABC iview[42]
  • Narrative location: Australia[43]
  • Filming location: Australia[44]
  • Main subject: woman[45], gender role[46], settler society[47]
  • Described by source: AWFJ’s Top 100 Films List[48]
  • Participant in: 1979 Cannes Film Festival[49]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Costume Design[50], AACTA Award for Best Film[51], AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role[52], AACTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay[53], AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role[54], AACTA Award for Best Cinematography[55], AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role[56], AACTA Award for Best Costume Design[57], AACTA Award for Best Direction[58], AACTA Award for Best Editing[59]
  • Title: My Brilliant Career[60]
  • Has characteristic: film based on a novel[61]

Why It Matters

My Brilliant Career has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[62] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[63]

FAQs

What awards did My Brilliant Career receive?

Honors received include AACTA Award for Best Film[3], AACTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay[4], AACTA Award for Best Cinematography[5], and AACTA Award for Best Costume Design[6].

Related Entities

Australia film Judy Davis Netflix Sam Neill

References

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  59. [61] ↑ . bfi.org.uk. Retrieved . bfi.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [62] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [63] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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