High Tide (1987 film)

High Tide
Movie poster
Directed byGillian Armstrong
Written byLaura Jones
Produced bySandra Levy
Starring
CinematographyRussell Boyd
Edited byNicholas Beauman
Music byPeter Best
Production
companies
Distributed byFilmpac Holdings
Release date
  • July 30, 1987 (1987-07-30)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$3.75 million[1]
Box officeA$206,185[2]

High Tide is a 1987 Australian drama film starring Judy Davis, from a script by Laura Jones, about the mother-daughter bond, directed by Gillian Armstrong. Armstrong reported that when she began work on High Tide she pinned a note above her desk: "Blood ties. Water. Running Away." Jan Adele plays Lilli's mother-in-law Bet, in her film debut.

  1. ^ "Australian Productions Top $175 million", Cinema Papers, March 1986 p64
  2. ^ Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office Archived 18 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine.