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It's Lizzie to those Close
Television (Excerpts) – 1983
In this tale of an English servant woman doing it hard down under, Lizzie (Sarah Peirse, who won a Feltex) finds herself trapped on a rundown Canterbury sheep farm alongside three men: one mean, one silent, and one simple-minded (Bruno Lawrence, who Lizzie first meets in this excerpt). Directed by David Blyth between his edgy debut Angel Mine and splatter-fest Death Warmed Up, the pioneer tale was written by English author Elizabeth Gowans. Newbie scribe Fran Walsh later extended the film to tele-movie length, from its original incarnation as A Woman of Good Character.
I want a life.– Lizzie (Sarah Peirse)
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Acknowledgements
Made with the assistance of Television New Zelaand, New Zealand Film Commission and the National Film Unit
Presented with thanks to the New Zealand Film Heritage Trust – Te Puna Ataata
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