Heavenly Creatures

Overnight Sensation

Film.com's FREE movie of the week "Overnight Sensation" follows two friends as they attempt to overcome all the trials and tribulations involved in trying to sell a screenplay at the Sundance Film Festival.

Rating: R

Running Time: 98 mins.

Country Of Origin: New Zealand

starring:

Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Sarah Peirse, Diana Kent, Clive Merrison, Simon O'Connor, Jed Brophy, Peter Elliott, Gilbert Goldie, Geoffrey Heath

director:

Peter Jackson

Drama, based on a true story and set in Christchurch circa 1954, about the extraordinary friendship between two adolescent girls which culminates in the murder of one of their mothers.

September 27, 2002

For those who think New Zealand's Peter Jackson sprung full blown as the director of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, this 1994 spellbinder should come as a revelation.

Kate Winslet and Melanie Lynskey star in this true story of two teens driven to murder by obsession and sexual hysteria. The DVD beautifully captures the animation and innovative effects that Jackson used to plunge the viewer into a world of demented fantasy.

PETER TRAVERS
(October 17, 2002)

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