Lucky Break (1994 film)

Lucky Break
US release poster
Directed byBen Lewin
Written byBen Lewin
Produced byJudi Levine
Bob Weis
StarringGia Carides
Anthony La Paglia
CinematographyVincent Monton
Edited byPeter Carrodus
Music byPaul Grabowsky
Production
companies
Generations Films
Lewin Films
Such Much Films
Pandora Cinema
Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC)
Distributed byUnited International Pictures
Release date
  • 20 October 1994 (1994-10-20) (Australia)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Box office$197,540 (Australia)[1]

Lucky Break (released in the United States as Paperback Romance) is a 1994 Australian romantic comedy film directed and written by Ben Lewin, about an eccentric romance novelist.[2] Actress Rebecca Gibney was nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role by the Australian Film Institute in 1995 for her role in the film.[3] The film was a critical success in Australia[4] but flopped at both the domestic and international box office, where it received generally mixed reviews from critics.

  1. ^ "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" Archived 9 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Film Victoria. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  2. ^ Andrew L. Urban, "Ben Lewin", Cinema Papers, October 1994 p38-42.
  3. ^ "Lucky Break". IMDb. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
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