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Heavenly Creatures
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*Heavenly Creatures* is a 1994 drama, crime, biographical, and thriller film directed by Peter Jackson. The screenplay was written by Jackson and Fran Walsh, with a cast including Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Jed Brophy, and Clive Merrison. Produced by WingNut Films, the New Zealand and German production was filmed in New Zealand and distributed by Miramax and Netflix. The film, which runs 108 minutes, is inspired by the Parker-Hulme murder case.
The movie received an R rating and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay. It also received the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films award. Critical reception included a Metascore of 86 and a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 95%. The film has a runtime of 109 minutes according to some records, with a budget of 5,000,000 and revenue of 3,049,135.
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7.0Precocious teenager Juliet moves to New Zealand with her family and soon befriends the quiet, brooding Pauline through their shared love of fantasy and literature. This friendship gradually develops into an intense and obsessive bond.
Cast
- Melanie Lynskey as Pauline Parker
- Kate Winslet as Juliet Hulme
- Sarah Peirse as Honorah Parker Rieper
- Diana Kent as Hilda Hulme
- Clive Merrison as Dr. Henry Hulme
- Simon O'Connor as Herbert Rieper
Themes
- mother
- obsession
- literature
- christchurch
- based on true story
- love
- friends
- murder
- relationship
- 1950s
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Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
70,693 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
95%
Metacritic
86/100
- Year
- 1994
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Genres
- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 17 wins & 17 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Peter Jackson
- Written by
- Fran Walsh , Peter Jackson
- Produced by
- Jim Booth , Peter Jackson
- Starring
- Melanie Lynskey Kate Winslet Sarah Peirse Diana Kent Clive Merrison Simon O'Connor
- Cinematography
- Alun Bollinger
- Edited by
- Jamie Selkirk
- Music by
- Peter Dasent
- Production companies
- WingNut Films , Fontana Productions, New Zealand Film Commission
- Distributed by
- Miramax International
- Release date
- 14 October 1994 ( 1994-10-14 )
- Running time
- 99 minutes , 109 minutes ( Director's cut )
- Country
- New Zealand
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $5 million
- Box office
- $5.4 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Heavenly Creatures is a 1994 New Zealand biographical crime drama film directed by Peter Jackson, from a screenplay he co-wrote with his partner, Fran Walsh. It stars Melanie Lynskey and Kate Winslet in their feature film debuts, with Sarah Peirse, Diana Kent, Clive Merrison, and Simon O'Connor in supporting roles.
Based on the notorious Parker–Hulme murder case, Heavenly Creatures examines the relationship between two teenage girls—Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme—which culminates in the premeditated killing of Parker's mother. The story's events span the period from the girls' first meeting in 1952 to the carrying out of the crime, which took place in Christchurch, New Zealand on 22 June 1954.
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