Muriel's Wedding

...stories: Fred Schepisi's The Devil's Playground, John Duigan's The Year My Voice Broke and its sequel, Flirting, P. J. Hogan's Muriel's Wedding. The trouble is that our filmmakers kept on returning to this terrain so frequently that...

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...and was said to have had a difficult time in high school as he was a victim of bullying. His first big hit was the 1994 Australian film Muriel's Wedding, which helped launch the careers of actors Toni Collette and Rachel Griffiths. The...

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...Sisters. But Griffiths has got pedigree. She was an Oscar nominee for the small indie film Hilary and Jackie, and she played Toni Collette's best friend in Muriel's Wedding. But Griffiths really made a mark on HBO's series Six Feet Under...

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Rachel Anne Griffiths (born 18 December 1968) is an Australian film and television actress who came to prominence in the 1994 film Muriel's Wedding. Among her other notable roles, she is particularly well known for her portrayal of Brenda...

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...to grab the golden moment while it lasts, has come from a circuitous and not always easy journey. After the surprise success of Muriel's Wedding, she was travelling the world, in demand as an actress. It's easy to get a bit lost along the...

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...me." Yet it was an unusual choice for the 36-year-old, who has spent most of her career in film and is best known for her roles in Muriel's Wedding, The Sixth Sense and Little Miss Sunshine. Still, she could sense there was something special...

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The only difficulty was to work her scenes into her schedule," Randall said. Collette's presence was special to Randall, who considers "Muriel's Wedding" an inspiration for her film. "Muriel and Esther's journeys are quite similar,...

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...and Cate Blanchett get more headlines, Collette has a strong fan base among the people who matter in the Hollywood studios. Her performances in Muriel's Wedding and The Sixth Sense are obvious achievements but her emotional performances in...

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...lost her only TV Globe race for "Tsunami: The Aftermath" as well as both her comedy movie bids for "Little Miss Sunshine" and "Muriel's Wedding." Comments are moderated, and will not appear on this weblog until the author has approved...

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To read this article in full you must be registered with the site. Published Date: 06 July 2008 LIFE a to quote Toni Collette in Muriel's Wedding a can be "as good as an Abba song" but the clunky transfer of Mamma Mia! from stage to...

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