Uniform Title |
Brilliant lies (Motion picture : 1986) |
Title |
Brilliant lies ; Hotel Sorrento. |
Published |
Australia : Distributed by by Umbrella Entertainment, ©2018. |
©1994, 1996. |
Description |
2 DVD-videos (197 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
Umbrella Entertainment : DAVID3893. |
Brilliant lies: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1986. |
Hotel Sorrento: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1995. |
Hotel Sorrento based on the stage play of the same name by Hannie Rayson. |
Credits |
Brilliant lies: Directed and produced by Richard Franklin. |
Hotel Sorrento: Producers, Richard Franklin and Sue Farrelly; director, Richard Franklin: screenplay by Peter Fitzpatrick and Richard Franklin. |
Performers |
Hotel Sorrento: Caroline Goodall, Caroline Gillmer, Tara Morice, Joan Plowright, Ray Barrett. |
Brilliant lies: Gia Carides, Anthony La Paglia, Zoë Carides, Catherine Wilkin, Ray Barrett, Michael Veitch. |
Summary |
Brilliant lies: Susie Connor says that from the moment she started working for him, her boss sexually harassed her. When she didn't submit to his advances, she was sacked. Now Susie wants 40,000 dollars in compensation and she is not going to back down. |
Hotel Sorrento: Three sisters who grew up in a small coastal town are reunited after years apart. Fond family memories are rekindled, and unspoken feelings and unresolved tensions surface. When tragedy strikes, they discover that their lives will never be the same again. |
Target audience note |
Brilliant lies: Censorship classification: MA 15+. |
Hotel Sorrento: Censorship classification: M. |
System details |
DVD video ; NTSC, all region ; Dolby digital 2.0, Aspect ratio, (1.77:1) 16:9 widescreen. |
Language note |
English. Subtitles English HOH. |
Subjects |
Sexual harassment -- Drama |
Sex role in the work environment -- Drama |
Sisters -- Australia -- Drama |
Family reunions -- Drama |
Truthfulness and falsehood -- Drama |
Motion pictures, Australian |
Feature films -- Australia |
Genre |
Melodramas (Motion pictures) |
Film adaptations |
Feature films |
Fiction films |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
Other Names |
Franklin, Richard, 1948-2007 producer, screenwriter, director. |
LaPaglia, Anthony actor. |
Carides, Gia, 1964- actor. |
Goodall, Caroline actor. |
Morice, Tara actor. |
Gillmer, Caroline actor. |
Plowright, Joan actor. |
Motion picture adaptation of (work). Rayson, Hannie, 1957-. Hotel Sorrento. |
Series |
Classic Australian films |
Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Authors:
- Carides, Gia, 1964- .
- Franklin, Richard, 1948-2007 .
- Gillmer, Caroline .
- Goodall, Caroline .
- LaPaglia, Anthony .
- Morice, Tara .
- Plowright, Joan .
- Rayson, Hannie, 1957-. Hotel Sorrento .
Series:
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