My Brilliant Career (1979)
- Starring:
- Judy Davis, Sam Neill, (more)
- Director(s):
- Gillian Armstrong
- Category:
- Foreign, Drama, Independent Films
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Both actress Judy Davis and director Gillian Armstrong made a big splash on the international scene with this charming Australian film that examines late 19th century Australian society from the perspective of a headstrong woman who refuses to follow convention. The film charts the developing self-awareness of Sybylla Melvyn (Judy Davis) as she grows from an insecure tomboy to a self-assured woman. Sybylla wants to be a writer and stuns her family and friends by her insistence on following her dream. Despite the objections of her family acquaintances, she rejects the marriage proposal from the rich Harry Beecham (Sam Neill) to continue going her own way, in spite of the odds stacked against her in a repressive Victorian environment. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 100 mins
Complete Cast:
- Judy Davis - Sybylla Melvyn
- Wendy Hughes - Aunt Helen
- Patricia Kennedy - Aunt Gussie
- Simone Buchanan - Mary Anne McSwat
- Ray Meagher - Mailman
- Sharon Crouch - Sarah McSwat
- Julia Blake - Mother
- Gerry Duggan - Squatter
- Robert Austin - Willie McSwat
- Aileen Britton - Grandma Bossier
- David Franklin - Horace
- Max Meldrum - Mr. Harris
- Peter Whitford - Uncle Julius
- Sam Neill - Harry Beecham
- Robert Grubb - Frank Hawdon
- Max Cullen - Mr. McSwat
- Mark Spain - Tommy McSwat
- Alan Hopgood - Father
- Aaron Corrin - Jimmy McSwat
- Tina Robinson - Lizer McSwat
- Carole Skinner - Mrs. McSwat
- Dorothy St. Heaps - Mrs. Derrick
- Haylely Anderson - Rosie Jane McSwat
- Tony Hughes - Peter McSwat
- Suzanne Roylance - Biddy
- Director(s):
- Gillian Armstrong
- Writer(s):
- Eleanor Witcombe
- Producer(s):
- Margaret Fink
- Categories:
- Foreign, Drama, Independent Films
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- 1979 - My Brilliant Career - Australian Film Institute Awards - Best Picture
- 1980 - My Brilliant Career - British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Most Promising Newcomer
- 1980 - My Brilliant Career - British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Best Actress
