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Jack Be Nimble
Film (Trailer and Excerpts) – 1993
An image created in 2022 to promote the release of the restored version of Garth Maxwell movie Jack Be Nimble.
Image courtesy of Altered Innocence
A publicity photo of Jack Be Nimble stars Alexis Arquette and Sarah Smuts-Kennedy. Said director Garth Maxwell: "Sarah had this massive black volume of hair which we used in many ways visually. Hair was a real theme." (The NZ Herald, 22 May 2014)
Photo by Pierre Vinet
An image of actors Alexis Arquette and Sarah Smuts-Kennedy, created in 2022 for the Blu-Ray release of Jack Be Nimble. Graphic art by Aaron Needham.
Image courtesy of Altered Innocence
The terrifying stepsisters from movie Jack Be Nimble: left to right, Tracey Brown, future Dark Horse costume designer Kristin Seth, Amber Woolston and Wendy Adams.
Photo by Pierre Vinet
Sarah Smuts-Kennedy and Bruno Lawrence in a scene from Jack Be Nimble.
Photo by Pierre Vinet
A scene from 1993 movie Jack Be Nimble: Tony Barry as Clarrie, insensitive foster father to Jack (Alexis Arquette, left).
Photo by Pierre Vinet
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