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Muriel's Wedding

Year of completion: 1994
Content type: Narrative Content
Format: Feature
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 105 minutes
Production Status: Completed

Muriel, a contemporary Cinderella, is a shy young woman living in the seaside resort of Porpoise Spit, a suburban wonderland of shopping malls, marine parks and holiday homes where the excessive expectations of her friends and family cause her to take refuge in a dreamworld of Abba songs and the search for a Prince Charming who will rescue her from anonymity.

Completion Year: 1994
Genres: Comedy
Format: Feature
Production Status: Completed

Cast and Crew

Composer

Editor

Director

Writer

Producer

Lynda House, Jocelyn Moorhouse

Director of Photography

Martin McGrath ASC

Production Designer

Patrick Reardon

Costume Designer

Cast

Toni Collette, Bill Hunter, Rachel Griffiths, Jeanie Drynan, Gennie Nevinson, Matt Day, Daniel Lapaine, Sophie Lee, Belinda Jarrett, Rosalind Hammond, Pippa Grandison, Chris Haywood, Annie Byron

Awards

1995 — Australasian Performing Right Association Limited

1994 — Asia Pacific Film Festival

1994 — Asia Pacific Film Festival

1995 — Palm Springs International Film Festival

1994 — Edinburgh International Film Festival

1994 — Edinburgh International Film Festival

1994 — Film Critics' Circle of Australia

1994 — Film Critics' Circle of Australia

1994 — Film Critics' Circle of Australia

1994 — Film Critics' Circle of Australia

1994 — Film Critics' Circle of Australia

1994 — Film Critics' Circle of Australia

1994 — AWGIE Awards

1994 — Australian Film Institute

1994 — Australian Film Institute

1994 — Australian Film Institute

1994 — Australian Film Institute

Screenings

1998 — International Film Forum "ARSENAL"

1994 — Asia Pacific Film Festival

1994 — Asia Pacific Film Festival

1994 — Chicago International Film Festival

1996 — Festival des Antipodes - Paris

1994 — Flanders International Film Festival

1994 — Ghent

1999 — Kino Xenix Screenings

2000 — Festival of Australian Film - Sri Lanka

2004 — London Australian Film Festival

1995 — Miami Film Festival

1994 — Mill Valley Film Festival

1995 — Palm Springs International Film Festival

1995 — Portland International Film Festival

1995 — Santa Barbara International Film Festival

1994 — Vancouver International Film Festival

1994 — Viennale International Film Festival Vienna

1994 — Edinburgh International Film Festival

1994 — Edinburgh International Film Festival

1994 — Cannes Film Festival

1995 — Hong Kong International Film Festival

1994 — Hof International Film Festival

1994 — Locarno International Film Festival

1995 — International Film Festival Rotterdam

1994 — San Sebastian International Film Festival

1994 — Stockholm International Film Festival

1995 — Sundance Film Festival

1994 — Telluride Film Festival

1994 — Toronto International Film Festival

2023 — Berlin International Film Festival

1994 — BFI London Film Festival

2025 — The Sydney Film Festival

2018 — Adelaide Film Festival

Sales

Australian Sales

International Sales

TF1 (Societe Nationale TV Francaise)

Production Company

House And Moorhouse Films Pty Ltd

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