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. 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. It centers on events in the life of a small boy, nicknamed p. Careful, he might hear you is a 1983 australian drama film.
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. When he s six or eight, his posh aunt vanessa descends from england. Wendy hughes was an accomplished actress who had won over major awards. It is more nakedly emotional and heightened in style than almost anything in the modern era of australian cinema. A collectors edition of careful, he might hear you was released on dvd with a new print by umbrella entertainment in june 2008. Careful, he might hear you 1983 the movie database. She went through what she called a little temperamental huff with the theatre following graduation and took a job with the national broadcaster in tasmania.
In his first novel, careful, he might hear you, sumner. Its one of those stories the australians do so well on film and certainly leaves a. Each determined to have the boy, both women resort to deceitful manipulation and cruel lies. I use it in my writing classes a lot to demonstrate how one can depict aspects of ones childhood, which is something careful, he might hear you does so well. One of the many ironies involving careful, he might hear you was the way it. Rent careful, he might hear you 1983 on dvd and bluray. He is possibly best known for one of his early roles, that of ps in careful, he might hear you 1983, the story of a young boy in the middle of a custody battle between his two aunts and based on the novel by sumner locke elliott. Careful he might hear you is a rare australian film, a fullscale melodrama. Set in australia in the 1930s, this drama stars nicholas gledhill as p. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. However, his contentment is derailed when lilas wealthy sister, vanessa. Rent careful, he might hear you 1983 starring john hargreaves and wendy hughes on dvd and bluray. How might a careful observer of nonverbal know when they.
Seven year old ps nicholas gledhill, dead to the world never knew his mother sinden who. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. Careful he might hear you 1984 carl schultz synopsis. Curators notes careful he might hear you 1983 on aso. Careful, he might hear you is one of the most extraordinary portraits of childhood in australian fiction.
The narration of these conflicts, as well as the history behind their origins, forms the basis of the novel, and while the. Robyn nevin entered the national institute of dramatic art training ground of mel gibson, among others at age 16 in the very first intake in 1959. Careful he might hear you 1983 clip 2 on aso australia. I had a brief discussion with her about careful he might hear you and told her how much i enjoyed the movie and her role in it, as the story had some similarity to events in my own life. Careful, he might hear you 1984 upcoming movies movie. He had an affair with vanessa before he married her sister, pss mother.
The dvd is compatible with all regional codes and includes. Watch careful he might hear you prime video amazon uk. If you are careful during cold and flu season, you might catch a cold. You might like similar programs to this, shown below.
Scorpion releasing gives the special edition treatment to their dvd of australian autobiographical coming of age drama careful, he might here you. The original article was at careful, he might hear you. Syme international productions, 1983 z59519 1983 single work filmtv abstract. Based on a novel by sumner locke elliott, its a unique and powerful work that was named best. With wendy hughes, robyn nevin, nicholas gledhill, john 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. Careful, he might hear you by sumner locke elliott. Set in the depression, the story follows the bitter struggle between two sisters over the custody of their orphaned nephew.
Rel careful, he might hear you 1983 firstlovemovies. 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. While they lead a modest existence, ps is happy with them. 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. But the revelations about the extent of us spying on allies are causing real damage. 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. Set in 1930s australia, a wealthy woman and her workingclass sister fight for custody of their motherless young nephew, ps. Theres a lot going on in careful, he might hear you, but the theme that will be of interest to readers of this guide is the birth of selfidentity and personal independence in a young child. Hughes was born in melbourne and studied at the national institute of dramatic art. Careful, he might hear you, nicholas gledhill, 1984.
At the age of 19 he moved to england, to try out for drama school and. He is descended from a long line of hopelessly unreliable australian men, going back through many films see clip three. Wendy hughes full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Ps lives with his aunt and uncle after his mothers death.
When hes six or eight, his posh aunt vanessa descends from england. Careful, he might hear you is a miles franklin awardwinning novel by australian author sumner locke elliott. Films 1937 one in a million 20th century fox, 1943 china girl 20th century fox, 1984 careful, he might hear you 20th century fox, 2000 fantasia 2000 disney is released. The movie also enjoyed a successful release in north america. The story is also illustrative of the selfdestructive effect, on a personal level, of authoritarian behavior. Now his aunt vanessa has decided to take proper care of him. He is possibly best known for one of his early roles, that of ps in 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 snooty anglophile vanessa wendy hughes, and workingclass lila robyn nevin battle for his custody. His mother dead, ps lives in sydney with workingclass aunt lila and uncle george. Careful, he might hear you rewatched striking visuals in. Aunts wendy hughes, robyn nevin vie for australian boys nicholas gledhill custody in 1930s.
Thankfully, i found it, at an exorbitant cost, i might add, but it is worth it to have it back in my collection. Named a coguardian by pss feckless, absent father, she asserts her rights and convinces lila to. Careful, he might hear you news, posters, trailers, images, cast and plot. More than 100,000 eavesdroppers paid a premium last week to listen to a taped. 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. King lear return season, shakespeare globe centre australia, edgar, 2004. One of three major film and television collaborations of actress robyn nevin and director carl schultz. Careful, he might hear you by carl schultz carl schultz. Six years pass, and his other aunt from england comes to australia to civilise him. She had been called one of the worlds great actresses with the beauty and talent to become an international star. Does anybody ever recall seeing a spanking scene in a film. Nicholas gledhill and wendy hughes in careful, he might hear you 1983 nicholas gledhill and pega. I met wendy hughes once about 10 years ago in a cafe in surry hills.
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. Named a coguardian by pss feckless, absent father, she asserts her rights and convinces lila to have ps live with her weekdays. One of the films greatest achievements is the very real discussions it has surrounding the separation of classes and the benefits of each. As with spanking art, the text of wikipedia is available under a copyleft license, the. 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. It is based on the novel of the same name by australianamerican author sumner locke elliott. No so with sumner locke elliotts classic australian novel careful he might hear you. He drinks too much, he abandoned his son and he is sexually indiscriminate, at least where the remaining sisters are concerned. Sometimes you read about a books brilliance so much that it taints your impression of it when you finally read it.
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