A Cry in the Dark

A Cry in the Dark

Evil Angels is a 1988 Australian film directed by Fred Schepisi. The screenplay by Schepisi and Robert Caswell is based on John Bryson's 1985 book Evil Angels, the title under which the film was released in Australia. It chronicles the case of Azaria Chamberlain, a nine-week-old baby girl who disappeared from a camp-ground near Uluru in August 1980 and the struggle of her parents, Michael and Lindy, to prove their innocence to a public convinced that they were complicit in her death. The film was released less than two months after the Chamberlains finally were exonerated by the Northern...
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quick facts
Release date:November 3, 1988
Directed by:Fred Schepisi
Rated:PG-13 (USA)
Runtime:120 Minutes
Producer:Verity Lambert, Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus
Editor:Jill Bilcock
Music by:Bruce Smeaton
Screenplay by:Robert Caswell, Fred Schepisi

Award-winners from A Cry in the Dark

Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep
Character:Lindy Chamberlain
Born:June 22, 1949
Sam Neill
Sam Neill
Character:Michael Chamberlain
Born:September 14, 1947

Cast of A Cry in the Dark

Charles Dance
Charles Dance
Born:October 10, 1946
Age:65
Deborra-Lee Furness
Deborra-Lee Furness
Magazine reporter
Born:1955
Age:57
Tony Martin
Tony Martin
Born:1955
Age:57
Lewis Fitz-Gerald
Lewis Fitz-Gerald
Born:November 15, 1958
Age:53
Nick Tate
Nick Tate
Born:June 18, 1942
Age:69
Frank Holden
Frank Holden
Born:December 18, 1952
Age:59

Honors and Awards

YearAward Won
1988 New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress, Meryl Streep
1989 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film, Verity Lambert
1989 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Direction, Fred Schepisi
1989 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Meryl Streep
1989 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Sam Neill
1989 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Screenplay, Adapted, Robert Caswell
1989 Cannes Best Actress Award, Meryl Streep
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YearAward Nomination
1988 Academy Award for Actress in a Leading Role, Meryl Streep
1989 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Drama Film, Meryl Streep
1989 Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Film, Fred Schepisi
1989 Golden Globe Award for Best Drama Film, Yoram Globus
1989 Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture, Robert Caswell
1989 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film, Verity Lambert
1989 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Direction, Fred Schepisi
1989 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Original Music Score, Bruce Smeaton
1989 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Meryl Streep
1989 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Sam Neill
1989 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Screenplay, Adapted, Fred Schepisi
1989 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Achievement in Sound, Craig Carter
1989 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Achievement in Editing, Jill Bilcock
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Film director of A Cry in the Dark

Fred Schepisi
Fred Schepisi
Born: December 26, 1939
Age: 72

Fred Schepisi AO is an Australian film director and screenwriter. His credits include: Last Orders, Roxanne, Plenty, and Six Degrees of Separation. Schepisi was born Frederic Alan Schepisi in Melbourne, Victoria, the son of fruit dealer Frederic Thomas Schepisi and Loretto Ellen . He began his...
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