The dvd is compatible with all regional codes and includes. Careful, he might hear you by sumner locke elliott. Nov 17, 2006 careful, he might hear you soundtrack cd details and availability. With wendy hughes, robyn nevin, nicholas gledhill, john hargreaves. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Jul, 2017 first published in 1963, sumner locke elliotts careful, he might hear you is a big, beautiful, boldhearted book set in sydney during the great depression. A beautifully made period australian film about a sixyear old orphan boy who is caught. Aunts wendy hughes, robyn nevin vie for australian boys nicholas gledhill custody in 1930s. It dominated the australian film institute awards that year, winning eight awards. Careful, he might hear you 1859 words 8 pages careful he might hear you, by sumner locke elliot, is a complicated novel, revolving around the story of a six year old boy named ps and his search for personal identity amidst the conflicts of his closest relatives. He had an affair with vanessa before he married her sister, pss mother. When hes six or eight, his posh aunt vanessa descends from england. Get 50% off hundreds of family movies when you preorder on fandangonow today.
Licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of varese sarabande. It is more nakedly emotional and heightened in style than almost anything in the modern era of australian cinema. Winner of eight afi awards including best picture, best actress hughes, and best supporting actor hargreaves and adapted from the bestselling sumner locke elliot novel, this lush, poetic. Heartrending and compelling, careful, he might hear you is a powerful story of how one childs love and courage triumphs over his familys painful past. Dec 26, 2015 careful, he might hear you, the 1983 adaptation of australianamerican author sumner locke elliotts novel which won the miles franklin award is a superb example of bold and inventive. Careful he might hear you 1983 clip 2 on aso australias. The narration of these conflicts, as well as the history behind their origins. Named a coguardian by pss feckless, absent father, she asserts her rights and convinces lila to have ps live with her weekdays. Though the films big moments are not great, careful he might hear you is full of smaller scenes that, without overemphasizing the sentiment, efficiently evoke p. Given its age the film, however, they found a relatively clean print with few instances of. Despite winning eight afi awards and being adapted from a popular and awardwinning sumner locke elliott novel of the same name, this 1983 film is rarely spoken of in discussions of our greatest films.
The list of authors can be seen in the page history. However, his contentment is derailed when lilas wealthy sister, vanessa. Careful,he might hear you won eight australian film institute awards, including best picture, best actress hughes, and best supporting actor hargreaves. Based on a novel by sumner locke elliott, its a unique and powerful work that was named best. Careful, he might hear you, a 1983 australian drama film, based on the novel this disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title careful, he might hear you. In the turbulent years of the great depression an orphaned boy becomes a pawn in a bitter family feud as two aunts. Out of diaphanous, panandscan images emerged a story involving an angelic little boy being shuttled between two households, a beautiful, eccentric rich lady, and a shipwreck. The film is based on the novel by sumner locke elliott.
Jun 15, 1984 though the film s big moments are not great, careful he might hear you is full of smaller scenes that, without overemphasizing the sentiment, efficiently evoke p. Careful, he might hear you, the 1983 adaptation of australianamerican author sumner locke elliotts novel which won the miles franklin award is a superb example of bold and inventive. Careful, he might hear you dvd 1983 scorpion releasing. Screens with justin olsteins short fun city 2012, 12 mins. It obviously never eventuated, but just try watching this film with that nugget of information planted in your brain and not picture it working completely. Careful he might hear you is a book about people finding their true identities, and the truth or imbalance of the relationships that result from this. The dvd is compatible with all regional codes and includes special features. The australian domestic drama careful, he might hear you evokes hazy memories of seeing it one afternoon on broadcast tv, a few years after its 1983 release. Set in australia in the 1930s, this drama stars nicholas gledhill as p.
One of the greatest and least sentimental films about childhood and one of the best, yet most undervalued, of australian pictures, carl schultzs careful, he might hear you, taken from sumner locke elliotts bestselling book, is about a young boy, known simply as ps, terrifically played by 8 year old nicholas gledhill, caught in the middle of an acrimonious custody battle between his two aunts after his mothers death and his abandonment by his father. Feb 17, 2014 careful he might hear you youtube movies. Careful, he might hear you 1983 pg 1h 50min drama 15 june 1984 usa his mother dead, ps lives in sydney with workingclass aunt lila and uncle george. Careful he might hear you is a rare australian film, a fullscale melodrama. It is based on the novel of the same name by australianamerican author sumner locke elliott. It is a decidedly feminine film, one that is more concerned with issues of class, money, and family. Careful he might hear you 1984 carl schultz synopsis. Indeed as alice has said we do and have made great films and i fully agree we dont make as many as we should anymore. Nov 28, 2016 it obviously never eventuated, but just try watching this film with that nugget of information planted in your brain and not picture it working completely. The movie also enjoyed a successful release in north america. Released theatrically on pannedandscanned videotape by twentieth century fox, careful, he might hear you arrived on dvd first stateside via image entertainment in 2001 in a barebones, singlelayer, interlaced anamorphic widescreen followed by a 2disc australian import a little later in the decade with almost two hours of extras. Best picture, director carl schultz, actress wendy hughes, supporting actor john hargreaves, adapted screenplay michael jenkins, cinematography john seale, costume design. Careful, he might hear you 1983 wonders in the dark.
A top quality production about the struggle between two sisters for custody of an eightyearold boy, their nephew, careful he might hear you is a completely involving emotional experience. Careful he might hear you, by sumner locke elliot, is a complicated novel, revolving around the story of a six year old boy named ps and his search for personal identity amidst the conflicts of his closest relatives. Sometimes you read about a books brilliance so much that it taints your impression of it when you finally read it. Careful, he might hear you rewatched striking visuals in high. Careful, he might hear you is one of the most extraordinary portraits of childhood in australian fiction. Logan is the only strong male voice in an otherwise female film. When lilas older sister, venessa wendy hughes, arrives and expresses interest in taking custody of the child, lila decides to fight her in court. Telecharger careful, he might hear you film complet en. Careful he might hear you won 8 australian film institute awards, including best picture, best actress hughes and best supporting actor hargreaves. First published in 1963, sumner locke elliotts careful, he might hear you is a big, beautiful, boldhearted book set in sydney during the great depression. Based on the novel of the same title by sumner locke elliot the film is set in. But carl schultzs careful, he might hear you deserves to be spoken of in just as glowing terms. Careful, he might hear you 1983 directed by carl schultz.
Although it enjoyed a certain amount of success when it was released in the mid1980s, it seems little known today. It is a decidedly feminine film, one that is more concerned with issues of. Careful he might hear you won eight australian film institute awards, including best picture, best actress hughes, and best supporting actor hargreaves. In the turbulent years of the great depression an orphaned boy becomes a pawn in a bitter family feud as two aunts snooty anglophile vanessa wendy hughes, and workingclass lila robyn nevin battle for his custody read more. Careful, he might hear you soundtrack cd details and availability.
While they lead a modest existence, ps is happy with them. Careful he might hear you 1983 clip 2 on aso australia. Set in 1930s australia, a wealthy woman and her workingclass sister fight for custody of their motherless young nephew, ps. Based on sumner locke elliotts dramatic novel, this awardwinning australian film is a poignant tale of a young boys coming of age. I met wendy hughes once about 10 years ago in a cafe in surry hills. Careful, he might hear you won eight australian film institute awards, including best picture, best actress hughes, and best supporting actor hargreaves.
The film did good arthousestyle business in australia, with the film victoria. Best movies like careful, he might hear you bestsimilar. At times it feels like a hollywood film of the 1940s, something that might have been directed by alfred hitchcock or douglas sirk, the king of hollywood melodrama. The case becomes more complicated by the arrival of the boys longabsent father, logan john hargreaves, emerald city, an alcoholic who loves his son, but is incapable of caring for him. No so with sumner locke elliotts classic australian novel careful he might hear you. Careful he might hear you a top quality production about the struggle between two sisters for custody of an eightyearold boy, their nephew, careful he might hear you is a completely involving. Careful he might hear you dvd kino lorber home video. Set in depressionera australia, careful, he might hear you also has a rich sense of social issues as a backdrop for its depressing but riveting story of emotional abuse. If you like careful, he might hear you you are looking for touching, gloomy and serious movies about with orphan, dysfunctional family, custody, aunt nephew relationship, youth, family relations and couple relations themes of drama genre shot in australia. Careful he might hear you was released in australian cinemas on 22 september 1983. Ps lives with his aunt and uncle after his mothers death. A collectors edition of careful, he might hear you was released on dvd with a new print by umbrella entertainment in june 2008. Watch careful he might hear you prime video amazon uk.
One of three major film and television collaborations of actress robyn nevin and director carl schultz. Born today most popular celebs most popular celebs celebrity news. A melodrama among the pedigree australian pictures of the early 1980s. He drinks too much, he abandoned his son and he is sexually indiscriminate, at least where the remaining sisters are concerned. Six years pass, and his other aunt from england comes to australia to civilise him. Careful, he might hear you pg, 1 hr 50 min art house. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The depth of excellence, talent and acting in this movie is second to none and absolutely superb the plot and background to this movie is intriguing and the script and the. Nov 15, 2011 winner of eight afi awards including best picture, best actress hughes, and best supporting actor hargreaves and adapted from the bestselling sumner locke elliot novel, this lush, poetic. Careful, he might hear you screens in a special tribute to the late actress. Winner of eight afi awards and adapted from the bestselling sumner locke elliot novel, this lush, poetic period film classic is the essential story of an australian boys comingofage in the. Careful he might hear you is a movie that is hard to forget. Careful, he might hear you is a 1983 australian drama film.
Hargreaves and adapted from the bestselling sumner locke elliot novel, this lush, poetic period film classic is the essential story of an australian boys comingofage in the tough depression years and is presented for the first time on dvd in this very special collectors edition. As with spanking art, the text of wikipedia is available under a copyleft license, the. However, his contentment is derailed when lilas wealthy sister, vanessa, returns from england and takes an interest in ps. To drive the point truly home the private school children are all perfectly. One of the greatest and least sentimental films about childhood and one of the best, yet most undervalued, of australian pictures, carl schultzs careful, he might hear you, taken from sumner locke elliotts bestselling book, is about a young boy, known simply as ps, terrifically played by 8 year old nicholas gledhill, caught in the middle of an acrimonious custody battle between his two. The musical score is fabulous and absolutely haunting.
The original article was at careful, he might hear you. His mother dead, ps lives in sydney with workingclass aunt lila and uncle george. Curators notes careful he might hear you 1983 on aso. But carl schultzs careful, he might hear you deserves to be spoken of in just as. More than 100,000 eavesdroppers paid a premium last week to listen to a taped.