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Release Date: 1994

Cast: Moreen Eason, Kirsti Ferry, Pearl Carpenter, Peter Jackson, Glen Drake, Liz Mullane, Clive Merrison, Diana Kent, Ben Skjellerup, Kate Winslet, Jed Brophy, Peter Elliott ...MORE

Cast: Moreen Eason, Kirsti Ferry, Pearl Carpenter, Peter Jackson, Glen Drake, Liz Mullane, Clive Merrison, Diana Kent, Ben Skjellerup, Kate Winslet, Jed Brophy, Peter Elliott, Sarah Peirse, Darien Takle, Lou Dobson, Melanie Lynskey, Jesse Griffin, Elizabeth Moody, Gilbert Goldie, Geoffrey Heath ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Crime Fiction, LGBT, Indie, World cinema, Crime Drama, Gay, Cult, Period piece, Gay Interest, Coming of age, Gay Themed, Fantasy

Heavenly Creatures is a 1994 film directed by Peter Jackson, from a screenplay he co-wrote with his wife Fran Walsh, about the notorious 1954 Parker–Hulme murder case in Christchurch, New Zealand. Filmed on location in Christchurch, it features Melanie Lynskey and Kate Winslet in their screen debuts. The film deals with the obsessive relationship between Pauline Parker (Lynskey) and Juliet Hulme (Winslet), two teenagers who murdered Parker's mother (Peirse). The events of the film cover the period from the girls' meeting in early 1953 to the murder in 1954. The film opened to strong... MORE

Heavenly Creatures is a 1994 film directed by Peter Jackson, from a screenplay he co-wrote with his wife Fran Walsh, about the notorious 1954 Parker–Hulme murder case in Christchurch, New Zealand. Filmed on location in Christchurch, it features Melanie Lynskey and Kate Winslet in their screen debuts. The film deals with the obsessive relationship between Pauline Parker (Lynskey) and Juliet Hulme (Winslet), two teenagers who murdered Parker's mother (Peirse). The events of the film cover the period from the girls' meeting in early 1953 to the murder in 1954. The film opened to strong critical acclaim at the Venice Film Festival in 1994 and became one of the best-received films of the year. Reviewers praised most aspects of the production; however, particular attention was given to the performances by the previously unknown Winslet and Lynskey, and for Jackson's directing. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. In 1950s Christchurch, New Zealand, a 14-year-old girl from a working class family Pauline Parker (Lynskey) befriends the more affluent English 15-year-old Juliet Hulme (Winslet) when Juliet transfers to Pauline's school. They bond over a LESS