Bliss (1985 film)

Bliss
Bliss
	DVD cover
Directed by	Ray Lawrence
Screenplay by	Ray Lawrence; Peter Carey
Based on	Bliss; by Peter Carey
Produced by	Anthony Buckley
Starring	Barry Otto; Lynette Curran; Helen Jones
Cinematography	Paul Murphy
Edited by	Wayne LeClos
Music by	Peter Best
Production; company	Window III Productions
Distributed by	Anthony Buckley
Release dates	18 May 1985 (Cannes); 19 September 1985 (Australia);
Running time	112 minutes; 130 minutes (Director's cut)
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	A$3.4 million
Box office	A$1,144,863 (Australia); $660,537 (US only)

Bliss is a 1985 Australian comedy-drama film directed by Ray Lawrence, and co-written by Lawrence and Peter Carey, based on Carey's 1981 novel of the same name. It stars Barry Otto, Lynette Curran and Helen Jones.

After a rocky start – 400 of the 2000-strong audience walked out during its first screening at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival – the film went on to receive multiple awards at the AFI awards.^[3]^[4]

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^ "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria Archived 9 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine accessed 24 October 2009
^ australianscreen.com.au – Bliss info
^ Peter Galvin, "Bliss in a sometimes Joyless world", Cinema Papers, November 1985 p. 16

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[2] "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria Archived 9 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine accessed 24 October 2009

[aud-3] ustralianscreen.com.au – Bliss info

[4] Peter Galvin, "Bliss in a sometimes Joyless world", Cinema Papers, November 1985 p. 16

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