Parklands is a 1996

1996 in film

Major releases this year included Scream, Independence Day, Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient, Twister, Mars Attacks!, Jerry Maguire and a version of Evita starring Madonna.-Events:...

 Australian drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 written and directed by Kathryn Millard. The 51-minute-long movie includes Chamber of Commerce

Chamber of commerce

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-style promotional material about Adelaide

Adelaide

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 that was made in the 1950s and '60s.

Plot synopsis

Rosie returns home to attend the funeral

Funeral

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 of her father Cliff, who left her mother years earlier. His mistress Jean invites Rosie to stay with her for a while, allowing her time to learn about what her father was doing throughout the years they were separated. Her investigation into his past leads to diaries

Diary

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 he kept, and entries he made suggest that despite his career as a policeman he was a corrupt

Political corruption

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 man involved in the drug trade

Illegal drug trade

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Principal cast

• Cate Blanchett
  Cate Blanchett
  Catherine Élise "Cate" Blanchett is an Australian actress. She came to international attention for her role as Elizabeth I of England in the 1998 biopic film Elizabeth, for which she won British Academy of Film and Television Arts and Golden Globe Awards, and earned her first Academy Award...
  
   ..... Rosie
• Tony Martin
  Tony Martin (actor)
  Tony Martin is an Australian actor. He married Rachael Blake on 21 December 2003. His son, Justin, is also an actor, with appearances in Somersault and Blue Water High to his credit....
  
   ..... Cliff
• Carmel Johnson ..... Jean
• Tony Mack ..... Dave Morrison
• Patrick Duggin ..... Andrew
• Bridget Walters
  Bridget Walters
  Bridget Walters is an Australian actress and veteran member of the State Theatre Company of South Australia where she has performed in productions of Macbeth, Noises Off, Uncle Vanya and The Cripple of Inishmaan. Her brother is Sam Walters.- Filmography :...
  
   ..... Mrs. Roberts
• Jo Peoples ..... Elizabeth

Principal production credits

• Producer
  Film producer
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   ..... Helen Bowden
• Original Music
  Film score
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   ..... Richard Vella
• Cinematography
  Cinematography
  Cinematography is the making of lighting and camera choices when recording photographic images for cinema. It is closely related to the art of still photography...
  
   ..... Mandy Walker
  Mandy Walker
  Mandy Walker is an award-winning Australian cinematographer.Born and raised in Melbourne, Walker became interested in photography while a student in high school. After graduation she studied film criticism and cinema studies with John Flaus, who introduced her to several people working in the...
  
  
• Production Design
  Production designer
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   ..... Prisque Salvi

Awards and nominations

The Australian Cinematographers Society honored Mandy Walker with their Award of Distinction for Fictional Drama Shorts, and Kathryn Millard won the Certificate of Merit for Film & Video - Short Narrative III (31–60 minutes) at the San Francisco International Film Festival

San Francisco International Film Festival

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External links

• Parklands at the Internet Movie Database