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The movie that saw splatter-king Peter Jackson lauded by a whole new audience was born from Fran Walsh's long fascination with the Parker-Hulme case: two teenagers who invented imaginary worlds, wrote under imaginary personas, and in June 1954 murdered Pauline Parker's mother. Walsh and Jackson's kinetic vision of friendship, creativity and tragedy was greeted with Oscar nominations, deals with indie powerhouse Miramax, and rhapsodic acclaim for the film, and newbies Melanie Lynskey and Kate Winslet. Time magazine and 30 other publications named it one of the year's 10 best films.
Peter Jackson's fourth feature is acknowledged as a radical departure for the director best known — and beloved — for his entertaining tales of splatter and satire (
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Television, 1994 (Excerpts)
Behind the scenes of Heavenly Creatures’ digital FX
Short Film, 1950 (Full Length)
The opening of Heavenly Creatures is excerpted from this film
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1996 London Critics Circle Film Awards
Director of the Year: Peter Jackson
British Actress of the Year: Kate Winslet
Nominated for Film of the Year
1995 New Zealand Film and Televison Awards
Best Director: Peter Jackson
Screenplay: Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson
Actress: Melanie Lynskey
Foreign Performer: Kate Winslet
Supporting Actress: Sarah Peirse
Editing: Jamie Selkirk
Design: Grant Major
Contribution to Design: Richard Taylor, George Port
Film Score: Peter Dasent
Soundtrack: Mike Hopkins, Greg Bell, Mike Hedges
Nominated for Best Film, Cinematography (Alun Bollinger), Male Performance in a Supporting Role (Simon O'Connor) and Best Foreign Performance (Diana Kent, Kate Winslet and Clive Merrison)
1995 Academy Awards
Nominated for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson
1995 Writers Guild of America
Nominated for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson
1995 Chlotrudis Awards (United States)
Nominated for Supporting Actress: Sarah Peirse
1995 Gerardmer Film Festival (France)
Grand Prize for Best Film
1994 Venice Film Festival
Silver Lion
1994 Toronto International Film Festival
Metro Media Award
NZ ON SCREEN 2013
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