Topless Women Talk About Their Lives

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Synopsis

A disparate group of 20-somethings revolving around pregnant Liz (Danielle Cormack) confront a Generation X medley of 'births, deaths, and marriages'. They experience romance, disappointment, comedy, and tragedy as they negotiate their vexing lives. It's about nothing, and everything — "the agony of failed love and ambiguous love, the agony of loneliness, the ecstasy of sex and the discovery of maturity" — as Australian critic Andrew L. Urban summed up director Harry Sinclair's well-received debut feature (developed from the eponymous TV3 series).

Background

A Perspective by Costa Botes 08.11.2008

At the time it emerged, Topless Women Talk About Their Lives was described as, "the freshest, cheekiest, most engaging film from New Zealand in years." (Paul Byrnes, Sydney Film Festival, 1997). That's a fair summary. The decade ...

Credits (14)

Harry Sinclair
Director, Producer

Fiona Copland
Producer

Joel Tobeck
Actor

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Comments (1)

Robyn Gallagher | website

Posted at 06.31PM - 25.08.2011

This has *finally* been released on DVD, with a fancy two-disk set including the original TV series. I'm very excited about this.

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Produced by

John Swimmer Productions

Source

New Zealand Film Commission

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Short Film, 1990 (Full Length)

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Television, 2004 (Excerpts)

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Another complex tale of relationships

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Music Video, 1987

This song features in the movie

Hair

Television, 1993 (Full Length)

Co-directed by Fiona Copland

Overnight

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More 90s Gen-X relationship dramas

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Film, 1999 (Trailer)

another relationship drama featuring Danielle Cormack and Joel Tobeck

ASB Polyfest 2008

Television, 2008 (Excerpts)

Featuring Shimpal Lelisi

Bitch

Short Film, 1995 (Full Length)

Urban relationship drama

Meet the Feebles

Film, 1990 (Trailer)

Co- written by Stephen Sinclair (Harry Sinclair's brother)

Awards

1997 TV Guide Film and Television Awards
Kodak NZ Best Film
NZ Writers Guild Best Screenplay (Harry Sinclair)
Best Editing (Film) (Cushla Dillon)
Welington City Council Best Actress (Danielle Cormack)
Waitakere City Council Best Actor (Joel Tobeck)
Roadshow Distributors Ltd Best Supporting Actress (Film) (Willa O'Neill)
Roadshow Distributors Ltd Best Supporting Actor (Film) (Andrew Binns)

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