Passion, known in some releases as Passion: The Story of Percy Grainger, is a 1999 Australian drama film about some episodes in the life of the pianist and composer Percy Grainger. It stars Richard Roxburgh as Grainger.
| Passion | |
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| Directed by | Peter Duncan |
| Written by | John Bird Rob George George Goldsworthy Peter Goldsworthy Don Watson |
| Produced by | Matt Carroll Gary Hamilton Nym Kim Zanna Northam Adrienne Read Sandra Schulberg |
| Starring | Richard Roxburgh Barbara Hershey Emily Woof Claudia Karvan Simon Burke Julia Blake Bille Brown Roy Billing |
Release date |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Box office | A$302,818 (Australia)[1] |
Plot
editPassion concentrates on Grainger's unusual relationship with his mother and his sexual interests (especially his obsessive self-flagellation, though homosexuality is also hinted at), which affect his relationship with a woman who comes to love him.
It is set mainly in London in 1914, when Grainger's mother Rose was ill (she later jumped to her death in New York, following ill-founded rumours of incest with her son).
Cast
edit- Richard Roxburgh as Percy Grainger
- Barbara Hershey as Rose Grainger
- Bille Brown as John Grainger
- Emily Woof as Karen Holten
- Claudia Karvan as Alfhild de Luce
- Simon Burke as Hermann Sandby
- Linda Cropper as Lilith Lowery
- Julia Blake as Queen Alexandra
- Roy Billing as John Perring Jr
- Genevieve Mooy as Ada Crossley
- Peter Whitford as Tour Manager
Production
editThe film was shot on location in Bath, Somerset and Devon in England, and Sydney, Canberra and Michelago in Australia.
Awards and nominations
editPassion won the 1999 Award of Distinction from the Australian Cinematographers Society for Martin McGrath's cinematography.[citation needed]
McGrath also won the Best Achievement in Cinematography award at the 1999 Australian Film Institute Awards.[citation needed] AFI Awards also went to Terry Ryan for Best Achievement in Costume Design, and Murray Picknett for Best Achievement in Production Design.[citation needed]
AFI nominations went to Richard Roxburgh for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, Claudia Karvan and Emily Woof for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, and Andrew Plain, Phil Judd, Guntis Sics, Anne Breslin, Jane Paterson for Best Achievement in Sound.[citation needed]
Claudia Karvan was nominated for the 2000 Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards for Best Supporting Actor – Female.[citation needed]
Director Peter Duncan was nominated for the Golden St. George at the 21st Moscow International Film Festival.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria Archived 9 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 15 November 2012
- ^ "21st Moscow International Film Festival (1999)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 22 March 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
External links
edit- Passion at IMDb
- Passion at Oz Movies
- Passion is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive