The Australian director’s book Unconditional Love stresses a fabulous career is never as important as being a good human
What do a blind photographer and a bad-arse seamstress have in common? They are both unforgettable protagonists of Australian films played by A-list actors – Hugo Weaving in 1991’s Proof and Kate Winslet in 2015’s The Dressmaker respectively – and titanic figures in the oeuvre of the director Jocelyn Moorhouse.
Critics raved about Proof – a beautifully constructed character study with an impressive early supporting performance from Russell Crowe – and audiences lapped up The Dressmaker, turning the director’s madcap adaptation of Rosalie Ham’s novel into the 13th most successful Australian film of all time at the local box office.
What do a blind photographer and a bad-arse seamstress have in common? They are both unforgettable protagonists of Australian films played by A-list actors – Hugo Weaving in 1991’s Proof and Kate Winslet in 2015’s The Dressmaker respectively – and titanic figures in the oeuvre of the director Jocelyn Moorhouse.
Critics raved about Proof – a beautifully constructed character study with an impressive early supporting performance from Russell Crowe – and audiences lapped up The Dressmaker, turning the director’s madcap adaptation of Rosalie Ham’s novel into the 13th most successful Australian film of all time at the local box office.
- 4/23/2019
- by Luke Buckmaster
- The Guardian - Film News
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
American Honey (Andrea Arnold)
European directors have often faltered when crossing the Atlantic. Billy Wilder and Wim Wenders found things to say where Paolo Sorrentino could not. American Honey is certainly the former. Based on a 2007 article from the New York Times, it’s a backwater American road movie directed by an Englishwoman, Andrea Arnold, and shot by Irishman Robbie Ryan. We spot a few cowboys and gas stations and even the Grand Canyon,...
American Honey (Andrea Arnold)
European directors have often faltered when crossing the Atlantic. Billy Wilder and Wim Wenders found things to say where Paolo Sorrentino could not. American Honey is certainly the former. Based on a 2007 article from the New York Times, it’s a backwater American road movie directed by an Englishwoman, Andrea Arnold, and shot by Irishman Robbie Ryan. We spot a few cowboys and gas stations and even the Grand Canyon,...
- 12/16/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Set in 1950’s Australia, The Dressmaker is comedy-drama adapted from Rosalie Ham’s book of the same name. Tilly Dunage played by Kate Winslet is a beautiful and talented misfit.
- 9/27/2016
- by Jazz Tangcay
- AwardsDaily.com
The Dressmaker.
More than a year since it premiered at last year's Toronto International Film Festival, Jocelyn Moorhouse's The Dressmaker has finally been released in America, with Broad Green Pictures and Amazon rolling out a limited release over the weekend.
The adaptation of Rosalie Ham's novel opened on 39 screens in nine American cities, taking $180,522 in its first weekend, an average of $5,014..
"Amazon/Broadgreen are using a classic platform release for The Dressmaker," producer Sue Maslin told If..
"The film has received wildly varying reviews but the campaign has resulted in a very high awareness of the film and delivered a screen average [of] over $5,000 on the first weekend.".
"Jocelyn and I were present at numerous screenings in NY and La and the audience reactions were hugely animated, just like in Australia..
"This, together with our 66,000 stitched-on Fb followers, should drive the word of mouth effect when we open out...
More than a year since it premiered at last year's Toronto International Film Festival, Jocelyn Moorhouse's The Dressmaker has finally been released in America, with Broad Green Pictures and Amazon rolling out a limited release over the weekend.
The adaptation of Rosalie Ham's novel opened on 39 screens in nine American cities, taking $180,522 in its first weekend, an average of $5,014..
"Amazon/Broadgreen are using a classic platform release for The Dressmaker," producer Sue Maslin told If..
"The film has received wildly varying reviews but the campaign has resulted in a very high awareness of the film and delivered a screen average [of] over $5,000 on the first weekend.".
"Jocelyn and I were present at numerous screenings in NY and La and the audience reactions were hugely animated, just like in Australia..
"This, together with our 66,000 stitched-on Fb followers, should drive the word of mouth effect when we open out...
- 9/26/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
The Dressmaker.
More than a year since it premiered at last year's Toronto International Film Festival, Jocelyn Moorhouse's The Dressmaker has finally been released in America, with Broad Green Pictures and Amazon rolling out a limited release over the weekend.
The adaptation of Rosalie Ham's novel opened on 39 screens in nine American cities, taking $180,522 in its first weekend, an average of $5,014..
"Amazon/Broadgreen are using a classic platform release for The Dressmaker," producer Sue Maslin told If..
"The film has received wildly varying reviews but the campaign has resulted in a very high awareness of the film and delivered a screen average [of] over $5,000 on the first weekend.".
"Jocelyn and I were present at numerous screenings in NY and La and the audience reactions were hugely animated, just like in Australia..
This together with our 66,000 stitched-on Fb followers should .drive the word of mouth effect when we open out...
More than a year since it premiered at last year's Toronto International Film Festival, Jocelyn Moorhouse's The Dressmaker has finally been released in America, with Broad Green Pictures and Amazon rolling out a limited release over the weekend.
The adaptation of Rosalie Ham's novel opened on 39 screens in nine American cities, taking $180,522 in its first weekend, an average of $5,014..
"Amazon/Broadgreen are using a classic platform release for The Dressmaker," producer Sue Maslin told If..
"The film has received wildly varying reviews but the campaign has resulted in a very high awareness of the film and delivered a screen average [of] over $5,000 on the first weekend.".
"Jocelyn and I were present at numerous screenings in NY and La and the audience reactions were hugely animated, just like in Australia..
This together with our 66,000 stitched-on Fb followers should .drive the word of mouth effect when we open out...
- 9/26/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Jocelyn Moorhouse with Sue Maslin and Anne-Katrin Titze, on Grey Gardens: "Definitely. I was inspired by that." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Kate Winslet and Judy Davis working together, Friedrich Dürrenmatt's The Visit and Jack Nicholson in Sean Penn's The Pledge, Sergio Leone spaghetti westerns, Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven, Albert Maysles and David Maysles' Grey Gardens - Jocelyn Moorhouse, director of A Thousand Acres (Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jason Robards, Colin Firth), and Proof (Hugo Weaving, Geneviève Picot, Russell Crowe) and The Dressmaker producer Sue Maslin, who reunited with novelist Rosalie Ham, discuss cinematic links and small-town logistics.
Molly (Judy Davis) and Tilly (Kate Winslet), the Dunnages: "You can just see these two great actresses at the height of their power."
"If the dream, according to the interpretation, represents a wish fulfilled, what is the cause of the peculiar and unfamiliar manner in which this fulfillment is expressed?...
Kate Winslet and Judy Davis working together, Friedrich Dürrenmatt's The Visit and Jack Nicholson in Sean Penn's The Pledge, Sergio Leone spaghetti westerns, Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven, Albert Maysles and David Maysles' Grey Gardens - Jocelyn Moorhouse, director of A Thousand Acres (Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jason Robards, Colin Firth), and Proof (Hugo Weaving, Geneviève Picot, Russell Crowe) and The Dressmaker producer Sue Maslin, who reunited with novelist Rosalie Ham, discuss cinematic links and small-town logistics.
Molly (Judy Davis) and Tilly (Kate Winslet), the Dunnages: "You can just see these two great actresses at the height of their power."
"If the dream, according to the interpretation, represents a wish fulfilled, what is the cause of the peculiar and unfamiliar manner in which this fulfillment is expressed?...
- 9/25/2016
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Kate Winslet can do anything ... except save this movie from quirky overkill. The Dressmaker, based on a 2000 novel by Rosalie Ham, gives the actress a hell of a role. She's Tilly Dunnage, a 1950's fashionista who's decided to return home to dusty Dungatar (an apt name), the small Aussie town that spawned her. Tilly got run out of Dungatar 20 years ago, when she was just a 10 year-old, for allegedly murdering her schoolmate Stewart Pettyman. Everyone believes she bashed the kid's skull in – including her snaggle-toothed old mum, Molly (Judy Davis,...
- 9/23/2016
- Rollingstone.com
The Dressmaker director Jocelyn Moorhouse on Sophie Theallet: "I met her because we are both good friends with Rupert Everett." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Loving Billy Wilder, watching Sunset Boulevard, an Audrey Hepburn Sabrina remodeling, Friedrich Dürrenmatt's The Visit and Jack Nicholson in Sean Penn's The Pledge, Sergio Leone, Alice B Toklas in Paris, South Pacific, David and Albert Maysles' Grey Gardens, consulting with Sophie Theallet about Madeleine Vionnet and Cristóbal Balenciaga - Jocelyn Moorhouse and producer Sue Maslin revealed the underpinnings of The Dressmaker.
Kate Winslet as Tilly Dunnage: "We're entering a fable. Although the story, of course, is very truthful and universal."
Based on the novel by Rosalie Ham, screenplay Pj Hogan and Moorhouse, starring Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth, and Hugo Weaving with Sarah Snook, Kerry Fox (Alison Maclean's The Rehearsal), Gyton Grantley, Alison Whyte, Shane Bourne, and Barry Otto (Gracie Otto and...
Loving Billy Wilder, watching Sunset Boulevard, an Audrey Hepburn Sabrina remodeling, Friedrich Dürrenmatt's The Visit and Jack Nicholson in Sean Penn's The Pledge, Sergio Leone, Alice B Toklas in Paris, South Pacific, David and Albert Maysles' Grey Gardens, consulting with Sophie Theallet about Madeleine Vionnet and Cristóbal Balenciaga - Jocelyn Moorhouse and producer Sue Maslin revealed the underpinnings of The Dressmaker.
Kate Winslet as Tilly Dunnage: "We're entering a fable. Although the story, of course, is very truthful and universal."
Based on the novel by Rosalie Ham, screenplay Pj Hogan and Moorhouse, starring Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth, and Hugo Weaving with Sarah Snook, Kerry Fox (Alison Maclean's The Rehearsal), Gyton Grantley, Alison Whyte, Shane Bourne, and Barry Otto (Gracie Otto and...
- 9/22/2016
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
At its best, The Dressmaker looks like 1950s Vogue does the outback. Director Jocelyn Moorhouse poses Kate Winslet and the rest of her female cast in gorgeous finery against a dingy landscape, their expertly tailored garments contrasting splendidly against the dust. It’s a beautiful, bizarre, and funny juxtaposition. It works. The rest of the movie doesn’t.
Moorhouse adapted Rosalie Ham’s novel of the same name with writer P.J. Hogan, and cast Kate Winslet as the heroine, Myrtle “Tilly” Dunnage. As a child, Tilly was exiled from her tiny Australian town after being accused of murder. Now an exquisitely styled fashion designer, she doesn’t remember the details of what she did or didn’t do, but arrives back in Dungatar to care for her abandoned “mad” mother, Molly (Judy Davis), and excavate her past. While she’s there, she gives its dreary denizens makeovers, gets wooed ...
Moorhouse adapted Rosalie Ham’s novel of the same name with writer P.J. Hogan, and cast Kate Winslet as the heroine, Myrtle “Tilly” Dunnage. As a child, Tilly was exiled from her tiny Australian town after being accused of murder. Now an exquisitely styled fashion designer, she doesn’t remember the details of what she did or didn’t do, but arrives back in Dungatar to care for her abandoned “mad” mother, Molly (Judy Davis), and excavate her past. While she’s there, she gives its dreary denizens makeovers, gets wooed ...
- 9/22/2016
- by Esther Zuckerman
- avclub.com
Rosalie Ham’s 2000 novel The Dressmaker is described as “Gothic,” but its new film adaptation more often comes across as a picaresque with too much killjoy drama. It is an odd story, mixing haute couture, small-town gossipry, romance, dark secrets, an old murder mystery, and multiple random deaths. And yet it’s also not nearly odd enough, delivering all of this with a disappointingly straight-laced sensibility. It’s soapy melodrama with the fun dampened by “verisimilitude” – a Marvel-movie treatment for the book-club set.
At least Kate Winslet is having fun as the title character. Then again, one could read Tilly Dunnage’s too-good-for-this-shit attitude toward her awful hometown in the Australian outback as a manifestation of Winslet’s personal disdain. Whatever the case, she wears many astounding dresses and wears them well. The movie’s best scene plays with shifting and conflicting objectification as she purposefully sports a provocative outfit...
At least Kate Winslet is having fun as the title character. Then again, one could read Tilly Dunnage’s too-good-for-this-shit attitude toward her awful hometown in the Australian outback as a manifestation of Winslet’s personal disdain. Whatever the case, she wears many astounding dresses and wears them well. The movie’s best scene plays with shifting and conflicting objectification as she purposefully sports a provocative outfit...
- 9/21/2016
- by Daniel Schindel
- The Film Stage
The Dressmaker Amazon Studios/ Broad Green Pictures Reviewed by: Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse Screenplay by: P.J. Hogan, Jocelyn Moorhouse; Based on The Dressmaker by Rosalie Ham Cast: Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth Release Date: September 23, 2016 In The Visit, a 1956 play by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, a wealthy woman returns to her hometown after years of absence with one desire: revenge. A similar motif flows through The Dressmaker, based on a 2000 novel by Rosalie Ham, in which Myrtle “Tilly” Dunnage (Kate Winslet) returns to her small hometown of Dungatar, Australia with vindictive plans after twenty-five year banishment. Tilly has grown up [ Read More ]
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- 9/19/2016
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
The Dressmaker Amazon Studios/ Broad Green Pictures Reviewed by: Harvey Karten, Showbiz Grade: B Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse Written by: P.J. Hogan, Jocelyn Moorhouse, from Rosalie Ham’s gothic novel Cast: Kate Winslet, Liam Hemsworth, Hugo Weaving, Sarah Snook Screened at: Dolby88, NYC, 8/16/16 Opens: September 23, 2016 The Ancient Greeks considered exile from their beloved city-state to be a punishment worse than death. In the outside world, an Athenian would be a nobody, perhaps scorned by the local population. You can’t blame Socrates for drinking the hemlock rather than accepting his friends’ offer of escape to another land, but you’ve got to wonder why Tilly Dunnage (Kate Winslet) in Jocelyn Moorehouse’s [ Read More ]
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- 9/19/2016
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
With The Dressmaker, director Jocelyn Moorhouse gets a little “Quentin Tarantino” in her “theater noir,” only to have a dingo rip the thing to shreds, leaving only the haplessly taped-together remains (translation: it’s a tonal mess). This movie is bonkers, and – as I’m told – incredibly Australian. Not hard to assess, given the heavy-handed Wild-West-meets-Outback theme, but never in a pulpy, small-town-crazy stretch of endearment. Coincidentally, all those lavish gowns that Moorhouse’s titular heroine flawlessly sews together represent everything this film is not – carefully crafted, seamlessly connected art.
Kate Winslet stars as Myrtle “Tilly” Dunnage, who returns to the dusty Australia wasteland of Dungatar for the first time in years. Her mother, “Mad” Molly Dunnage (Judy Davis), doesn’t recognize her due to senility (or a selective memory), and the townsfolk gasp when they learn of Tilly’s return. You see, Tilly was taken away at a young...
Kate Winslet stars as Myrtle “Tilly” Dunnage, who returns to the dusty Australia wasteland of Dungatar for the first time in years. Her mother, “Mad” Molly Dunnage (Judy Davis), doesn’t recognize her due to senility (or a selective memory), and the townsfolk gasp when they learn of Tilly’s return. You see, Tilly was taken away at a young...
- 9/18/2016
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
"You can transform people... That's very powerful." Broad Green Pictures + Amazon Studios have released an official Us trailer for Jocelyn Moorhouse's The Dressmaker, starring Kate Winslet as a "glamorous woman" who returns to her small hometown in rural Australia. We actually featured the first trailer for this film over a year ago, last summer, since it was released in Australia back then. It's just now getting a Us release this fall, for anyone still interested in giving it a look. Liam Hemsworth also stars as the young guy she falls for in town, with a cast including Judy Davis, Hugo Weaving, Caroline Goodall, Shane Bourne and Kerry Fox. This almost seems like a dusty, down under version of The Devil Wears Prada. Here's the Us trailer (+ international poster) for Jocelyn Moorhouse's The Dressmaker, from YouTube: Based on the best-selling novel by Rosalie Ham, The Dressmaker is a bittersweet,...
- 8/23/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
All this week, IndieWire will be rolling out our annual Fall Preview, including offerings that span genres, a close examination of some of the year’s biggest breakouts, all the awards contenders you need to know about now and special attention to all the new movies you need to get through a jam-packed fall movie-going season. Check back every day for a new look at the best the season has to offer, and clear your schedule, because we’re going to fill it right up.
“White Girl,” September 2
Writer-director Elizabeth Wood exploded onto the filmmaking scene when her controversial debut “White Girl” shocked audiences at the Sundance Film Festival. A fearless portrait of young female sexuality, the film stars “Homeland’s” Morgan Saylor as Leah, a college student who becomes involved with a young drug dealer during the last two weeks of summer in New York City. When the cops...
“White Girl,” September 2
Writer-director Elizabeth Wood exploded onto the filmmaking scene when her controversial debut “White Girl” shocked audiences at the Sundance Film Festival. A fearless portrait of young female sexuality, the film stars “Homeland’s” Morgan Saylor as Leah, a college student who becomes involved with a young drug dealer during the last two weeks of summer in New York City. When the cops...
- 8/17/2016
- by Kate Erbland, David Ehrlich, Graham Winfrey, Steve Greene, Chris O'Falt and Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Opening in theaters this fall is director Jocelyn Moorhouse’s The Dressmaker.
A glamorous, worldly dressmaker returns to her small Australian hometown to seek the truth behind her notorious reputation. This dark and quirky comedy stars Academy Award winner Kate Winslet as Tilly Dunnage, who cares for her eccentric mother (Academy Award nominee Judy Davis), schemes with the local sergeant (Hugo Weaving) who has secrets of his own, and falls for local farmer Teddy (Liam Hemsworth). As she starts to unravel her scandalous past, she transforms the town’s women with her exquisite creations. Armed with only her sewing machine and haute couture style, Tilly shows she is a force to be reckoned with and that revenge never goes out of style.
Written by Rosalie Ham (Novel by), P.J. Hogan and Jocelyn Moorhouse (Screenplay by), the film is produced by Sue Maslin and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
A glamorous, worldly dressmaker returns to her small Australian hometown to seek the truth behind her notorious reputation. This dark and quirky comedy stars Academy Award winner Kate Winslet as Tilly Dunnage, who cares for her eccentric mother (Academy Award nominee Judy Davis), schemes with the local sergeant (Hugo Weaving) who has secrets of his own, and falls for local farmer Teddy (Liam Hemsworth). As she starts to unravel her scandalous past, she transforms the town’s women with her exquisite creations. Armed with only her sewing machine and haute couture style, Tilly shows she is a force to be reckoned with and that revenge never goes out of style.
Written by Rosalie Ham (Novel by), P.J. Hogan and Jocelyn Moorhouse (Screenplay by), the film is produced by Sue Maslin and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
- 8/5/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Ann Turner's The Lost Swimmer.
The Dressmaker's Sue Maslin will produce The Lost Swimmer, adapted from Ann Turner's novel by the author herself, with script development funding from Screen Australia.
Published by Simon and Schuster in June 2015 and immediately optioned by Film Art Media, The Lost Swimmer is described as "a tense psychological thriller about the secrets in a marriage and the consequences of love and trust.".
The novel's central character is Rebecca Wilding, an archaeology professor who fears her husband Stephen is having an affair.
After she is accused of serious fraud in the workplace, Rebecca leaves with Stephen for Greece, Italy and Paris, where she can uncover the conspiracy against her and hopefully rekindle her relationship..
But on the idyllic Amalfi coast, Stephen goes swimming and doesn.t come back. Rebecca falls under suspicion for his murder. As Don Lafontaine would have put it: Rebecca...
The Dressmaker's Sue Maslin will produce The Lost Swimmer, adapted from Ann Turner's novel by the author herself, with script development funding from Screen Australia.
Published by Simon and Schuster in June 2015 and immediately optioned by Film Art Media, The Lost Swimmer is described as "a tense psychological thriller about the secrets in a marriage and the consequences of love and trust.".
The novel's central character is Rebecca Wilding, an archaeology professor who fears her husband Stephen is having an affair.
After she is accused of serious fraud in the workplace, Rebecca leaves with Stephen for Greece, Italy and Paris, where she can uncover the conspiracy against her and hopefully rekindle her relationship..
But on the idyllic Amalfi coast, Stephen goes swimming and doesn.t come back. Rebecca falls under suspicion for his murder. As Don Lafontaine would have put it: Rebecca...
- 7/4/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
To mark the release of The Dressmaker on 14th March, we’ve been given 3 copes to give away on Blu-ray. Based on the best-selling novel by Rosalie Ham, the award winning The Dressmaker is a bittersweet, revenge comedy-drama set in 1950s outback Australia. Tilly Dunnage (Kate Winslet), as elegant as she is determined, causes a
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- 3/19/2016
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Producer Sue Maslin.
The Dressmaker has passed $20 million at the box office, earning $20,011,313 by yesterday.
The adaptation of Rosalie Ham's novel is sitting just outside the top ten for all-time Australian Bo, and becomes only the 11th Australian film to pass the $20 million mark.
"This incredible box office result has surpassed all our expectations and is a reflection of the way in which Australian audiences have taken The Dressmaker into their hearts", producer Sue Maslin said.
"I have met women who have seen the film more than five times and I just want to thank them and all the punters who didn't stop at just one viewing but wanted to share the love of this film with their friends and family. Even more of an achievement when you realise than only a handful of films about women's stories are released locally every year".
Director Jocelyn Moorhouse, whose film film...
The Dressmaker has passed $20 million at the box office, earning $20,011,313 by yesterday.
The adaptation of Rosalie Ham's novel is sitting just outside the top ten for all-time Australian Bo, and becomes only the 11th Australian film to pass the $20 million mark.
"This incredible box office result has surpassed all our expectations and is a reflection of the way in which Australian audiences have taken The Dressmaker into their hearts", producer Sue Maslin said.
"I have met women who have seen the film more than five times and I just want to thank them and all the punters who didn't stop at just one viewing but wanted to share the love of this film with their friends and family. Even more of an achievement when you realise than only a handful of films about women's stories are released locally every year".
Director Jocelyn Moorhouse, whose film film...
- 2/1/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Sneak Peek footage from the action feature "The Dressmaker", directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse, based on the novel of the same name by author Rosalie Ham, starring Kate Winslet as a femme fatale 'dressmaker':
"...'Myrtle Tilly Dunnage, returns to a small Australian town...
"...to take care of her ailing, mentally unstable mother...
"...in a film exploring themes of revenge, love and creativity, best described as 'Unforgiven' with a sewing machine..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Dressmaker"...
"...'Myrtle Tilly Dunnage, returns to a small Australian town...
"...to take care of her ailing, mentally unstable mother...
"...in a film exploring themes of revenge, love and creativity, best described as 'Unforgiven' with a sewing machine..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Dressmaker"...
- 12/18/2015
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
In the UK some reviews for The Dressmaker were so bitchy and churlish, it.s almost as if the critics were watching a different movie from the one that one million Aussies have enjoyed and appreciated.
The condescending and at times derisive tone smacks of cultural snobbery and an inability to grasp that director Jocelyn Moorhouse and her co-writer P. J. Hogan did a splendid job in adapting Rosalie Ham.s novel.
Tellingly, almost all the naysayers are male. While most Aussie critics hailed Judy Davis. superbly pitched performance, some of their Pommy counterparts were disdainful.
While it.s hard to quantify the impact of reviews on ticket sales, The Dressmaker opened on 202 screens in the UK, generating a modest £236,000 ($A496,000) in its first three days, according to Rentrak.
Producer Sue Maslin tells If, .There were strong reactions for and against in the UK. That says something about a film...
The condescending and at times derisive tone smacks of cultural snobbery and an inability to grasp that director Jocelyn Moorhouse and her co-writer P. J. Hogan did a splendid job in adapting Rosalie Ham.s novel.
Tellingly, almost all the naysayers are male. While most Aussie critics hailed Judy Davis. superbly pitched performance, some of their Pommy counterparts were disdainful.
While it.s hard to quantify the impact of reviews on ticket sales, The Dressmaker opened on 202 screens in the UK, generating a modest £236,000 ($A496,000) in its first three days, according to Rentrak.
Producer Sue Maslin tells If, .There were strong reactions for and against in the UK. That says something about a film...
- 11/22/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Full-throttle performances enliven an otherwise all-over-the-place Australian small-town satire crossed with a revenge romp
Kate Winslet kicked off her big-screen career with an unforgettable role as a murderous teenager in Peter Jackson’s electrifying New Zealand drama Heavenly Creatures. Now in Jocelyn Moorhouse’s ramshackle black comedy (from Rosalie Ham’s novel), she plays an Australian woman returning to the remote home town from which she was removed as a child amid rumours of deadly playground deeds. The film opens as a western, with Winslet’s dressmaker Tilly Dunnage arriving in lonely Dungatar, a Pale Rider sheriff here to clean up this godforsaken town, armed only with a Singer sewing machine.
From here, it mutates into a small-town social satire replete with ostracised madwomen, libidinous dignitaries and cross-dressing cops, before downshifting via unexpected loss into a John Waters-style revenge romp, climaxing in weddings, funerals and theatrical Shakespearean wrath. Tonally,...
Kate Winslet kicked off her big-screen career with an unforgettable role as a murderous teenager in Peter Jackson’s electrifying New Zealand drama Heavenly Creatures. Now in Jocelyn Moorhouse’s ramshackle black comedy (from Rosalie Ham’s novel), she plays an Australian woman returning to the remote home town from which she was removed as a child amid rumours of deadly playground deeds. The film opens as a western, with Winslet’s dressmaker Tilly Dunnage arriving in lonely Dungatar, a Pale Rider sheriff here to clean up this godforsaken town, armed only with a Singer sewing machine.
From here, it mutates into a small-town social satire replete with ostracised madwomen, libidinous dignitaries and cross-dressing cops, before downshifting via unexpected loss into a John Waters-style revenge romp, climaxing in weddings, funerals and theatrical Shakespearean wrath. Tonally,...
- 11/22/2015
- by Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
- The Guardian - Film News
So entertaining, so unexpected, so wonderfully oddball, so damn good. Witty genre-busting simmering with pathos, humor, and calamity. I’m “biast” (pro): love Kate Winslet; desperate for stories about women
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Like a gunslinger riding into town. Determined and dangerous. This is how director Jocelyn Moorhouse depicts the return of Tilly Dunnage to her backwater Australian town of Dungatar. The locale may be vaguely western-ish — remote and dusty — but the year is 1951 and Tilly comes armed only with a Singer sewing machine, her Parisian-inspired haute-couture style, and a superpowered ache for revenge.
I had no idea what I was in for with The Dressmaker, and even that opening — with its witty genre-busting that culminates in Tilly’s snarl to herself of “I’m back, you bastards” — couldn’t possibly have clued me in.
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Like a gunslinger riding into town. Determined and dangerous. This is how director Jocelyn Moorhouse depicts the return of Tilly Dunnage to her backwater Australian town of Dungatar. The locale may be vaguely western-ish — remote and dusty — but the year is 1951 and Tilly comes armed only with a Singer sewing machine, her Parisian-inspired haute-couture style, and a superpowered ache for revenge.
I had no idea what I was in for with The Dressmaker, and even that opening — with its witty genre-busting that culminates in Tilly’s snarl to herself of “I’m back, you bastards” — couldn’t possibly have clued me in.
- 11/20/2015
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Twenty-five years ago, costume designer Margot Wilson was a student living in Paris when she picked up a roll of red, moire silk fabric during a shopping trip to Milan. She didn’t know why, or what for; she wasn’t even a costume designer then, just a talented young fashion grad from East Sydney Tech on a six-month scholarship to France. When it was time to go home, she took the beautiful roll of fabric back down under with her.
Fast forward three decades and a couple of dozen films later (including Lantana, Bran Nue Dae and Lawless), and Wilson has finally found a screen role for her magnificent weave – on Oscar winner Kate Winslet in the film adaptation of Rosalie Ham’s bestselling novel, The Dressmaker. “I’ve been carrying that roll of fabric around forever,” laughs Wilson, who designed all of Winslet’s costumes in the movie.
Fast forward three decades and a couple of dozen films later (including Lantana, Bran Nue Dae and Lawless), and Wilson has finally found a screen role for her magnificent weave – on Oscar winner Kate Winslet in the film adaptation of Rosalie Ham’s bestselling novel, The Dressmaker. “I’ve been carrying that roll of fabric around forever,” laughs Wilson, who designed all of Winslet’s costumes in the movie.
- 11/9/2015
- by Lord Christopher Laverty
- Clothes on Film
Buoyed by the successful launch of The Dressmaker, Jocelyn Moorhouse is heading to Germany later this month to continue developing her next feature and to mentor emerging writers.
Continuing her collaboration with producer Sue Maslin, she is scripting a 19th Century drama based on the real-life romantic triangle between German composer Robert Schumann, his composer-pianist wife Clara and the young Johannes Brahms.
The writer-director got the idea from Hollywood composer James Newton Howard (who scored her husband P.J. Hogan.s Peter Pan and My Best Friend.s Wedding) while she was researching another project which focusses on creative couples.
After a suicide attempt Schumann died in an asylum for the insane in 1856, aged 46. .Robert was a mentor to Brahms, who eclipsed him,. Joss tells If. .It.s a quite tragic and beautiful story..
Moorhouse will undertake more historical research on the project when she is in Germany for the eQuinoxe...
Continuing her collaboration with producer Sue Maslin, she is scripting a 19th Century drama based on the real-life romantic triangle between German composer Robert Schumann, his composer-pianist wife Clara and the young Johannes Brahms.
The writer-director got the idea from Hollywood composer James Newton Howard (who scored her husband P.J. Hogan.s Peter Pan and My Best Friend.s Wedding) while she was researching another project which focusses on creative couples.
After a suicide attempt Schumann died in an asylum for the insane in 1856, aged 46. .Robert was a mentor to Brahms, who eclipsed him,. Joss tells If. .It.s a quite tragic and beautiful story..
Moorhouse will undertake more historical research on the project when she is in Germany for the eQuinoxe...
- 11/2/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Thrilled with The Dressmaker.s opening weekend, producer Sue Maslin is confident a Us deal for Jocelyn Moorhouse.s dramedy will be signed this week.
UK-based sales agent Embankment Films pre-sold the comedy/mystery/thriller/revenge saga starring Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth, Sarah Snook and Hugo Weaving to more than 30 territories including the UK, Canada, Spain, Germany, Italy and China.
But a deal in the Us, where CAA reps the film with Embankment, had proved elusive until now. .It.s been very difficult,. Maslin tells If. .The Us distributors know the film plays well after the responses at the Toronto International Film Festival and the Mill Valley Film Festival, where it won the audience award. But the refrain we kept hearing from buyers is ..How do we sell the film in 15 seconds?...
The Us deal will entail a significant theatrical release, with a launch likely in the second...
UK-based sales agent Embankment Films pre-sold the comedy/mystery/thriller/revenge saga starring Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth, Sarah Snook and Hugo Weaving to more than 30 territories including the UK, Canada, Spain, Germany, Italy and China.
But a deal in the Us, where CAA reps the film with Embankment, had proved elusive until now. .It.s been very difficult,. Maslin tells If. .The Us distributors know the film plays well after the responses at the Toronto International Film Festival and the Mill Valley Film Festival, where it won the audience award. But the refrain we kept hearing from buyers is ..How do we sell the film in 15 seconds?...
The Us deal will entail a significant theatrical release, with a launch likely in the second...
- 11/1/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Kate Winslet and Liam Hemsworth star in Jocelyn Moorhouse’s anticipated return, pitched between an outback period piece and a Wile E Coyote cartoon
Liam and Chris Hemsworth at The Dressmaker premiere – in picturesGuardian Australia film club in Adelaide – book your tickets now
Jocelyn Moorhouse returns to the director’s chair with a wiggle dress and a powder keg after almost two decades for The Dressmaker – a loud, batty, fancy-frocked, sashed-and-stockinged revenge story pitched somewhere between an outback period piece and a Wile E Coyote cartoon.
The film-maker’s adaptation of author Rosalie Ham’s much-loved debut novel of the same name embraces its dark humour and runs with it all the way to the morgue. Moorhouse stitches together a take-down of one of Australian cinema’s well-worn story outfits: the tale of someone returning to the small town community they grew up in and dealing with baggage left behind.
Liam and Chris Hemsworth at The Dressmaker premiere – in picturesGuardian Australia film club in Adelaide – book your tickets now
Jocelyn Moorhouse returns to the director’s chair with a wiggle dress and a powder keg after almost two decades for The Dressmaker – a loud, batty, fancy-frocked, sashed-and-stockinged revenge story pitched somewhere between an outback period piece and a Wile E Coyote cartoon.
The film-maker’s adaptation of author Rosalie Ham’s much-loved debut novel of the same name embraces its dark humour and runs with it all the way to the morgue. Moorhouse stitches together a take-down of one of Australian cinema’s well-worn story outfits: the tale of someone returning to the small town community they grew up in and dealing with baggage left behind.
- 10/17/2015
- by Luke Buckmaster
- The Guardian - Film News
Dungatar locals look at Molly Dunnage's house on the hill in The Dressmaker.
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Colourist Trish Cahill has revealed the key post production processes in the making of new Australian film The Dressmaker ahead of its October 29 release.
Based on the book by Rosalie Ham, The Dressmaker takes place in the 1950s and follows Myrtle .Tilly. Dunnage (Kate Winslet) as she returns to her hometown to take care of her ill mother, Molly (Judy Davis)..
She left the town at the age of ten because of accusations of murder..
Tilly, now an expert dressmaker, transforms the locals with her couture and in the process, exacts revenge on the people who betrayed her all those years ago.
The film is produced by Sue Maslin, directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse and also stars Liam Hemsworth, Hugo Weaving and Sarah Snook.
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The Dressmaker was graded using DaVinci Resolve Studio by Cahill in Melbourne and Sydney at post production facility Soundfirm.
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Colourist Trish Cahill has revealed the key post production processes in the making of new Australian film The Dressmaker ahead of its October 29 release.
Based on the book by Rosalie Ham, The Dressmaker takes place in the 1950s and follows Myrtle .Tilly. Dunnage (Kate Winslet) as she returns to her hometown to take care of her ill mother, Molly (Judy Davis)..
She left the town at the age of ten because of accusations of murder..
Tilly, now an expert dressmaker, transforms the locals with her couture and in the process, exacts revenge on the people who betrayed her all those years ago.
The film is produced by Sue Maslin, directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse and also stars Liam Hemsworth, Hugo Weaving and Sarah Snook.
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The Dressmaker was graded using DaVinci Resolve Studio by Cahill in Melbourne and Sydney at post production facility Soundfirm.
- 10/9/2015
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
The last time Vulture talked with Kate Winslet, about her role in the upcoming Steve Jobs biopic, she was drinking rosé while cooking a chicken. We caught up with the actress again last week at the Toronto Film Festival to discuss The Dressmaker, a manic, absurdist Australian comedy-drama from director Jocelyn Moorhouse (Proof, A Thousand Acres) based on the novel by Rosalie Ham. The book and film are about a Paris-trained seamstress who returns to her minuscule hometown in desolate southeast Australia, from which she was exiled as a child for allegedly killing a boy — and winds up outfitting the entire female population in couture. The tone is more menacing than it sounds — Moorhouse has called it “Unforgiven with a sewing machine” — and the juxtaposition of all that 1950s glamour against those gnarled bushes and tumbleweeds is striking. Plus, it involves Winslet spending some quality time with Liam...
- 9/21/2015
- by Jada Yuan
- Vulture
Read More: Tiff 2015 Women Directors: Meet Jocelyn Moorhouse - 'The Dressmaker' An unholy mix of revenge comedy, spaghetti Western and lesser Tim Burton, Jocelyn Moorhouse's "The Dressmaker" bizarrely adapts Rosalie Ham's 2000 novel of the same name, stitching the popular Gothic romance into a film that's less a fine piece of dressmaking and more a Frankenstein's monster of missed opportunities. Fine performances by Kate Winslet, Liam Hemsworth and Judy Davis help matters a bit, but the final product is so oddly cobbled together that the entire thing should be left hanging on the rack. The film does afford Winslet the chance to play a compellingly strange character, and she leads the cast as Myrtle "Tilly" Dunnage, who was sent away from the tiny Australian town of Dungatar when she was just a kid. The reasons for Tilly's forced exile are clear soon enough -- she was accused...
- 9/15/2015
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The Toronto International Film Festival has added 5 Galas and 19 Special Presentations to its huge and highly anticipated international lineup including the Closing Night Film, Paco Cabezas’s Mr. Right.
In July, it was announced that Jean-Marc Vallée’s Demolition will open the 2015 Festival. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper and Judah Lewis, Demolition will have its world premiere on September 10 at Roy Thomson Hall.
Toronto audiences will be among the first to screen films by directors Ridley Scott, Deepa Mehta, Lenny Abrahamson, Brian Helgeland, Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson, Jason Bateman, Cary Fukunaga, Catherine Corsini, Stephen Frears, Tom Hooper, Hany Abu-Assad, Meghna Gulzar, Terence Davies, Jonás Cuarón, Julie Delpy, Rebecca Miller, Rob Reiner, Catherine Hardwicke, Pan Nalin, Lorene Scafaria, David Gordon Green, Matthew Cullen, Gaby Dellal, James Vanderbilt and Marc Abraham.
The various films listed below star Kate Winslet, Helen Mirren, Susan Sarandon, Gary Oldman, Toni Collette, Drew Barrymore,...
In July, it was announced that Jean-Marc Vallée’s Demolition will open the 2015 Festival. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper and Judah Lewis, Demolition will have its world premiere on September 10 at Roy Thomson Hall.
Toronto audiences will be among the first to screen films by directors Ridley Scott, Deepa Mehta, Lenny Abrahamson, Brian Helgeland, Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson, Jason Bateman, Cary Fukunaga, Catherine Corsini, Stephen Frears, Tom Hooper, Hany Abu-Assad, Meghna Gulzar, Terence Davies, Jonás Cuarón, Julie Delpy, Rebecca Miller, Rob Reiner, Catherine Hardwicke, Pan Nalin, Lorene Scafaria, David Gordon Green, Matthew Cullen, Gaby Dellal, James Vanderbilt and Marc Abraham.
The various films listed below star Kate Winslet, Helen Mirren, Susan Sarandon, Gary Oldman, Toni Collette, Drew Barrymore,...
- 8/18/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Everything about "The Dressmaker" -- a revenge dramedy described as "Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven with a sewing machine" -- looks perfect. There's gorgeous Kate Winslet in full glam mode as Tilly Dunnage, a beautiful misfit who returns to her middle-of-nowhere home in Australia after many years working as a dressmaker in Parisian fashion houses. There's Liam Hemsworth, all shirtless perfection, as pure-hearted star footballer (and love interest) Teddy. There's Judy Davis as Tilly's ailing, eccentric mother. And wouldn't you know it, there's Hugo Weaving dressing in women's clothes again.
"The Dressmaker" is based on the novel by Rosalie Ham, following Tilly as she transforms the locals with her fashions and, in the process, exacts revenge on those who once wrongly accused her of murder. Here's the new international trailer from Universal Pictures Australia:
"The Dressmaker" will premiere in September at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival and it's set for release October 22 in Australia.
"The Dressmaker" is based on the novel by Rosalie Ham, following Tilly as she transforms the locals with her fashions and, in the process, exacts revenge on those who once wrongly accused her of murder. Here's the new international trailer from Universal Pictures Australia:
"The Dressmaker" will premiere in September at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival and it's set for release October 22 in Australia.
- 8/3/2015
- by Gina Carbone
- Moviefone
The 40th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival now has something of a slate. Festival toppers Cameron Bailey and Piers Handling presided over a press conference Tuesday morning where more than 34 films were announced including the world premieres of "The Martian," "The Family Fang" and "Demolition." It's an intriguing initial lineup for the venerable Canadian institution and something of a steadying the ship after losing some major debuts to Venice, Telluride and the New York Film Festival over the past few years. Well, maybe. The most impressive world premieres include the aforementioned "Demolition" with Jake Gyllenhaal (officially the best opening night film in recent memory), "The Family Fang" with Nicole Kidman, "Legend" with Tom Hardy, "Trumbo" with Bryan Cranston, "The Martian" with Matt Damon and Lance Armstrong doc "The Program" with Ben Foster and Michael Moore's latest documentary, "Where to Invade Next." Notable films that will have premiered...
- 7/28/2015
- by Gregory Ellwood
- Hitfix
The initial lineup for the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, taking place from September 10 to 20 this fall, has been revealed, with Dallas Buyers Club director Jean-Marc Vallee’s dramatic romance Demolition, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts, having been selected to open the prestigious fest.
The first selections lineup reads like a who’s who list of Oscar contenders. Ridley Scott’s The Martian, Roland Emmerich’s Stonewall and Stephen Frears’ Lance Armstrong biopic The Program all have world premieres, and other huge titles screening include Tom Hooper’s The Danish Girl, Cary Fukunaga’s Beasts of Nation, Tom McCarthy’s Spotlight, Scott Cooper’s Black Mass, Peter Sollett’s Freeheld, Brian Helgeland’s Legend and Paolo Sorrentino’s Youth.
Check out the full lineup below, and let us know what you’re most excited for in the comments section.
Opening Night Film.
Demolition Jean-Marc Vallée, USA World Premiere
In Demolition,...
The first selections lineup reads like a who’s who list of Oscar contenders. Ridley Scott’s The Martian, Roland Emmerich’s Stonewall and Stephen Frears’ Lance Armstrong biopic The Program all have world premieres, and other huge titles screening include Tom Hooper’s The Danish Girl, Cary Fukunaga’s Beasts of Nation, Tom McCarthy’s Spotlight, Scott Cooper’s Black Mass, Peter Sollett’s Freeheld, Brian Helgeland’s Legend and Paolo Sorrentino’s Youth.
Check out the full lineup below, and let us know what you’re most excited for in the comments section.
Opening Night Film.
Demolition Jean-Marc Vallée, USA World Premiere
In Demolition,...
- 7/28/2015
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
In The Dressmaker, Kate Winslet stars as fancy couturier Myrtle "Tilly" Dunnage, who returns to her childhood home in the Australian country to care for her ailing mother, played by Judy Davis. She left after people thought she had killed a young boy, and is back to seek revenge on her accusers, while also performing some She's All That magic on the townspeople. Based on the book of the same title by Rosalie Ham, writer and director Jocelyn Moorhouse has described the film as "Unforgiven with a sewing machine." She forgot to include Liam Hemsworth's abs, which Kate Winslet is definitely here for.The Dressmaker comes to theaters October 22. * An earlier version of this post incorrectly identified Liam Hemsworth and Rosalie Ham. Our apologies to the Hemsworth brothers, and to our readers.
- 7/13/2015
- by E. Alex Jung
- Vulture
A film about love, revenge and haute couture. Yes, that is the actual tagline. An official Australian trailer has debuted for Jocelyn Moorhouse's The Dressmaker, adapted from Rosalie Ham's novel of the same name, starring Kate Winslet as woman trained in French dressmaking who returns to her grubby middle-of-nowhere hometown in dusty Australia. There she brings new life to the town and, of course, falls for a guy, played by Liam Hemsworth. This looks like an upbeat, fun-for-everyone charmer that will have you smiling more than laughing, but doesn't look so bad. Featuring Judy Davis, Hugo Weaving, Caroline Goodall, Shane Bourne and Kerry Fox. Only headed to Australian cinemas for now, take a look below. Here's the first official trailer for Jocelyn Moorhouse's The Dressmaker, direct from YouTube: Based on the best-selling novel by Rosalie Ham, The Dressmaker is a bittersweet, comedy-drama set in early 1950s Australia.
- 7/13/2015
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Kate Winslet and Liam Hemsworth's new film The Dressmaker has received its first trailer.
Winslet appears in the 1950s-set film as Australian fashion designer Tilly Dunnage who goes back to her rural hometown to care for her sick mother, but rumours of her involvement in the death of a young boy threaten to ruin her return.
Hugo Weaving and Judy Davis also co-star in the film, based on the 2000 novel by Rosalie Ham.
Speaking last December when a first look of Winslet in character was revealed, the film's director Jocelyn Moorhouse said: "A great crew, brilliant supporting cast and beautiful locations, costume and design helped make the shoot a delight.
"This very first look of Kate Winslet as Tilly Dunnage... says everything about the character, a beautiful talented misfit, a dressmaker, returning home to right the wrongs of the past."
The Dressmaker has so far only been scheduled for...
Winslet appears in the 1950s-set film as Australian fashion designer Tilly Dunnage who goes back to her rural hometown to care for her sick mother, but rumours of her involvement in the death of a young boy threaten to ruin her return.
Hugo Weaving and Judy Davis also co-star in the film, based on the 2000 novel by Rosalie Ham.
Speaking last December when a first look of Winslet in character was revealed, the film's director Jocelyn Moorhouse said: "A great crew, brilliant supporting cast and beautiful locations, costume and design helped make the shoot a delight.
"This very first look of Kate Winslet as Tilly Dunnage... says everything about the character, a beautiful talented misfit, a dressmaker, returning home to right the wrongs of the past."
The Dressmaker has so far only been scheduled for...
- 7/13/2015
- Digital Spy
A needle and thread is an unexpected combination that changes lives in the forthcoming "The Dressmaker." Well that, coupled with movie star good looks. And the first trailer has landed for the bittersweet Aussie comedy that pairs up Kate Winslet and Liam Hemsworth. Based on the book by Rosalie Ham, co-written by P.J. Hogan ("Muriel's Wedding") and directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse ("Proof," "A Thousand Acres"), the story follows a woman who returns to her small hometown after years away working in classy fashion houses. And her arrival certainly shakes things up. Here's the official synopsis: Based on the best-selling novel by Rosalie Ham, The Dressmaker is a bittersweet, comedy-drama set in early 1950s Australia. Tilly Dunnage (Kate Winslet), a beautiful and talented misfit, after many years working as a dressmaker in exclusive Parisian fashion houses, returns home to the tiny middle-of-nowhere town of Dungatar to right the wrongs...
- 7/13/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
The halls are starting to hum softly here in Berlin as the European Film Market swings into gear. The first deals were announced yesterday before the event officially opened, with The Weinstein Co notably boarding Im Global’s The Man Who Made It Snow. This morning, FilmNation unveiled a series of offshore output deals for titles from Open Road, which will kick off with the Jamie Foxx/Michelle Monaghan-starrer Sleepless Nights.
Though it’s not likely to be a frenzy, and with currency concerns in the market internationally, Berlin should see more action in the coming days. Distributors are looking for product for 2016 and beyond, and some memorable buys have emerged here in recent years. In 2014, The Weinstein Company made a record-setting $7M deal for The Imitation Game which has now made about $140M worldwide and has an armful of Oscar nominations to boot.
Much of the pre-buy buzz...
Though it’s not likely to be a frenzy, and with currency concerns in the market internationally, Berlin should see more action in the coming days. Distributors are looking for product for 2016 and beyond, and some memorable buys have emerged here in recent years. In 2014, The Weinstein Company made a record-setting $7M deal for The Imitation Game which has now made about $140M worldwide and has an armful of Oscar nominations to boot.
Much of the pre-buy buzz...
- 2/6/2015
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline
The first picture of Kate Winslet in new period drama The Dressmaker has been released.
The actress is shown in character as Tilly Dunnage, a fashion designer who returns to her hometown in rural Australia in the 1950s.
Tilly revisits her childhood home to take care of her ill mother Molly, but takes the opportunity to exact revenge on those who have wronged her in the past.
The Hunger Games star Liam Hemsworth, Hugo Weaving and Judy Davis also star in the drama, which is based on the 2000 novel by Rosalie Ham.
The film's director Jocelyn Moorhouse said: "A great crew, brilliant supporting cast and beautiful locations, costume and design helped make the shoot a delight.
"We are absolutely thrilled to be sharing this very first look of Kate Winslet as Tilly Dunnage. It says everything about the character, a beautiful talented misfit, a dressmaker, returning home to right the wrongs of the past.
The actress is shown in character as Tilly Dunnage, a fashion designer who returns to her hometown in rural Australia in the 1950s.
Tilly revisits her childhood home to take care of her ill mother Molly, but takes the opportunity to exact revenge on those who have wronged her in the past.
The Hunger Games star Liam Hemsworth, Hugo Weaving and Judy Davis also star in the drama, which is based on the 2000 novel by Rosalie Ham.
The film's director Jocelyn Moorhouse said: "A great crew, brilliant supporting cast and beautiful locations, costume and design helped make the shoot a delight.
"We are absolutely thrilled to be sharing this very first look of Kate Winslet as Tilly Dunnage. It says everything about the character, a beautiful talented misfit, a dressmaker, returning home to right the wrongs of the past.
- 12/17/2014
- Digital Spy
Production wraps in Australia on Jocelyn Moorhouse feature.
Production has wrapped in Australia on director Jocelyn Moorhouse’s (Proof) comedy-drama The Dressmaker, starring Kate Winslet.
The first still released from the production spotlights Winslet’s character - a glamorous woman with a penchant for haute couture who returns to her small town in rural Australia to exact revenge on those who previously did her wrong.
Post production is taking place at Soundfirm Melbourne with composer, David Hirschfelder (Elizabeth) and editor, Jill Bilcock (Moulin Rouge).
“We are delighted to be closer to bringing this Australian bittersweet 1950’s comedy (based on the novel by Rosalie Ham) to screens around Australia, October 1, 2015” said the film’s producer Sue Maslin.
Production has wrapped in Australia on director Jocelyn Moorhouse’s (Proof) comedy-drama The Dressmaker, starring Kate Winslet.
The first still released from the production spotlights Winslet’s character - a glamorous woman with a penchant for haute couture who returns to her small town in rural Australia to exact revenge on those who previously did her wrong.
Post production is taking place at Soundfirm Melbourne with composer, David Hirschfelder (Elizabeth) and editor, Jill Bilcock (Moulin Rouge).
“We are delighted to be closer to bringing this Australian bittersweet 1950’s comedy (based on the novel by Rosalie Ham) to screens around Australia, October 1, 2015” said the film’s producer Sue Maslin.
- 12/17/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Kate Winslet in The Dressmaker..
Director Jocelyn Moorhouse has wrapped production on feature film The Dressmaker, which has been shooting at Docklands Studio Melbourne and various locations in Victoria for the past eight weeks.
Set in the 1950s, the movie follows Myrtle "Tilly" Dunnage (Kate Winslet) who returns to her hometown in the Australian countryside to take care of her sick mother (Judy Davis), after being exiled when she was ten years old because of false accusations of murder. Having since become an expert dressmaker in Paris, Tilly transforms the town members with her couture creations and in the process, exacts revenge on the people who wrongly accused her of murder all those years ago.
The film also stars Liam Hemsworth and Hugo Weaving, as well as featuring Rebecca Gibney, Kerry Fox , Caroline Goodall, Gyton Grantley, Sacha Horler, Shane Jacobson, Sarah Snook and Barry Otto.
.Working with Kate, Judy, Liam and Hugo was wonderful,...
Director Jocelyn Moorhouse has wrapped production on feature film The Dressmaker, which has been shooting at Docklands Studio Melbourne and various locations in Victoria for the past eight weeks.
Set in the 1950s, the movie follows Myrtle "Tilly" Dunnage (Kate Winslet) who returns to her hometown in the Australian countryside to take care of her sick mother (Judy Davis), after being exiled when she was ten years old because of false accusations of murder. Having since become an expert dressmaker in Paris, Tilly transforms the town members with her couture creations and in the process, exacts revenge on the people who wrongly accused her of murder all those years ago.
The film also stars Liam Hemsworth and Hugo Weaving, as well as featuring Rebecca Gibney, Kerry Fox , Caroline Goodall, Gyton Grantley, Sacha Horler, Shane Jacobson, Sarah Snook and Barry Otto.
.Working with Kate, Judy, Liam and Hugo was wonderful,...
- 12/17/2014
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
Kate Winslet and Judy Davis lead cast of the new film from director Jocelyn Moorhouse.
Production has begun on The Dressmaker at Docklands Studios Melbourne, directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse (Proof, A Thousand Acres).
As previously announced, the cast includes Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth and Hugo Weaving.
Joining the cast are Caroline Goodall, Shane Bourne, Kerry Fox, Rebecca Gibney, Sacha Horler, Shane Jacobson, Alison Whyte, Genevieve Lemon and Sarah Snook.
Based on the best-selling novel by Rosalie Ham, The Dressmaker is described as “a bittersweet comedy”, set in 1950s Australia.
Winslet plays Tilly Dunnage, who returns to her rural home town after many years working as a dressmaker in Parisian fashion houses. She reconciles with her ailing mother Molly, played by Davis, and goes about transforming the women of the town to get revenge on those who did her wrong.
The Dressmaker is set to release in Australia on Oct 1, 2015.
“I’ve waited years to...
Production has begun on The Dressmaker at Docklands Studios Melbourne, directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse (Proof, A Thousand Acres).
As previously announced, the cast includes Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth and Hugo Weaving.
Joining the cast are Caroline Goodall, Shane Bourne, Kerry Fox, Rebecca Gibney, Sacha Horler, Shane Jacobson, Alison Whyte, Genevieve Lemon and Sarah Snook.
Based on the best-selling novel by Rosalie Ham, The Dressmaker is described as “a bittersweet comedy”, set in 1950s Australia.
Winslet plays Tilly Dunnage, who returns to her rural home town after many years working as a dressmaker in Parisian fashion houses. She reconciles with her ailing mother Molly, played by Davis, and goes about transforming the women of the town to get revenge on those who did her wrong.
The Dressmaker is set to release in Australia on Oct 1, 2015.
“I’ve waited years to...
- 10/21/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth and Hugo Weaving star in The Dressmaker, a tale of love, revenge and haute couture now shooting at Docklands Studios..
The ensemble cast includes Caroline Goodall, Shane Bourne, Kerry Fox, Rebecca Gibney, Sacha Horler, Shane Jacobson, Alison Whyte, Genevieve Lemon and Sarah Snook.
There have been two changes in the cast since it was first anounced in Cannes. Elizabeth Debicki dropped out to play the lead in the Foxtel drama The Kettering Incident, replaced by Sacha Horler. And Isla Fisher dropped out and Sarah Snook took her role. .
Directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse and based on the best-selling novel by Rosalie Ham, The Dressmaker is a bittersweet comedy set in 1950s Australia.
Tilly Dunnage (Winslet) is a beautiful and talented misfit who after many years working as a dressmaker in Parisian fashion houses returns home to Dungatar - a fictional rural town - to right some wrongs of the past.
The ensemble cast includes Caroline Goodall, Shane Bourne, Kerry Fox, Rebecca Gibney, Sacha Horler, Shane Jacobson, Alison Whyte, Genevieve Lemon and Sarah Snook.
There have been two changes in the cast since it was first anounced in Cannes. Elizabeth Debicki dropped out to play the lead in the Foxtel drama The Kettering Incident, replaced by Sacha Horler. And Isla Fisher dropped out and Sarah Snook took her role. .
Directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse and based on the best-selling novel by Rosalie Ham, The Dressmaker is a bittersweet comedy set in 1950s Australia.
Tilly Dunnage (Winslet) is a beautiful and talented misfit who after many years working as a dressmaker in Parisian fashion houses returns home to Dungatar - a fictional rural town - to right some wrongs of the past.
- 10/21/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Liam Hemsworth, Isla Fisher and Elizabeth Debicki will join Kate Winslet and Judy Davis in The Dressmaker, Jocelyn Moorhouse.s 1950s-set comic drama that.s due to shoot in Victoria in October.
The casting was announced at the Cannes Film Market where the UK.s Embankment Films is pitching the project to international buyers and co-representing the Us rights with CAA.
Adapted by Moorhouse from Rosalie Ham.s novel, it.s described as a Gothic tale of love, revenge and haute couture.
Winslet will play Tilly, a glamorous young woman who returns after many years in Europe to her small home town in rural Australia aiming to right some wrongs from the past as she was accused of murder when she was a child.
She also falls unexpectedly in love, which leads to her greatest loss and her most destructive deed. Davis will play her eccentric mother.
Hemsworth, who stars in The Hunger Games franchise,...
The casting was announced at the Cannes Film Market where the UK.s Embankment Films is pitching the project to international buyers and co-representing the Us rights with CAA.
Adapted by Moorhouse from Rosalie Ham.s novel, it.s described as a Gothic tale of love, revenge and haute couture.
Winslet will play Tilly, a glamorous young woman who returns after many years in Europe to her small home town in rural Australia aiming to right some wrongs from the past as she was accused of murder when she was a child.
She also falls unexpectedly in love, which leads to her greatest loss and her most destructive deed. Davis will play her eccentric mother.
Hemsworth, who stars in The Hunger Games franchise,...
- 5/11/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Liam Hemsworth has joined the cast of the upcoming romance drama The Dressmaker.
Based on a novel by Rosalie Ham and set in Australia, the film will star Kate Winslet as a woman who returns to the small town where she was accused of murder to reconcile with her misanthrope mother.
Hemsworth will star alongside Winslet, Judy Davis, Isla Fisher and Elizabeth Debicki.
Directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse, the movie begins shooting in Victoria, Australia this October.
Moorhouse told The Hollywood Reporter of Hemsworth's casting: "Liam Hemsworth is a laid back, genuine charmer who's also tall, dark and movie-star handsome. He'll create a character for the audience to fall in love with."
Hemsworth, who said earlier this year that he's more centred since his split with Miley Cyrus, was last seen in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
Watch Liam Hemsworth discuss the upcoming Hunger Games sequel Mockingjay with Digital Spy below:...
Based on a novel by Rosalie Ham and set in Australia, the film will star Kate Winslet as a woman who returns to the small town where she was accused of murder to reconcile with her misanthrope mother.
Hemsworth will star alongside Winslet, Judy Davis, Isla Fisher and Elizabeth Debicki.
Directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse, the movie begins shooting in Victoria, Australia this October.
Moorhouse told The Hollywood Reporter of Hemsworth's casting: "Liam Hemsworth is a laid back, genuine charmer who's also tall, dark and movie-star handsome. He'll create a character for the audience to fall in love with."
Hemsworth, who said earlier this year that he's more centred since his split with Miley Cyrus, was last seen in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
Watch Liam Hemsworth discuss the upcoming Hunger Games sequel Mockingjay with Digital Spy below:...
- 5/10/2014
- Digital Spy
This fall Liam Hemsworth is set to hit theaters with the guaranteed blockbuster The Hunger Game: Mockingjay - Part 1. But he's already looking past the Hunger Games series with an eye to his homeland and an enchanting drama called The Dressmaker. Variety reports out of Cannes that Hemsworth has signed on to co-star in The Dressmaker opposite Academy Award winner Kate Winslet. Also joining the cast are Aussie actresses Judy Davis (Husbands and Wives), and The Great Gatsby co-stars Isla Fisher and Elizabeth Debicki. As you may have gathered, The Dressmaker will be an Australian production. Melbourne-born director Jocelyn Moorhouse will helm. Based on the Rosalie Ham novel of the same name, The Dressmaker centers on Tilly, a fiery woman with a dark past and a passion to win sweet revenge. Set in the 1950s, the film will follow Tilly's return to her rural Australian hometown after years away, following...
- 5/10/2014
- cinemablend.com
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• Alec Baldwin (30 Rock) has been cast in Warren Beatty’s untitled Howard Hughes pic about the reclusive mogul’s assistant (Alden Erenreich) and his burgeoning relationship with Lily Collins. Baldwin will play Hughes’ lawyer Bob Mayhew. Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, and Matthew Broderick will also star. [Deadline]
• Liam Hemsworth (The Hunger Games...
• Alec Baldwin (30 Rock) has been cast in Warren Beatty’s untitled Howard Hughes pic about the reclusive mogul’s assistant (Alden Erenreich) and his burgeoning relationship with Lily Collins. Baldwin will play Hughes’ lawyer Bob Mayhew. Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, and Matthew Broderick will also star. [Deadline]
• Liam Hemsworth (The Hunger Games...
- 5/10/2014
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
Ja from Mnpp here - have you guys heard about The Dressmaker? It's the new movie from Jocelyn Moorhouse (How To Make An American Quilt, Proof), which she adapted from a 2000 novel by Rosalie Ham, and it's about a woman who returns to her small hometown after being accused or murder; there she sets out to 1) make amends with her eccentric mother, and 2) show the town's ladies the power of excellent haute couture, and 3) get revenge on the people who wrong her, and 4) falls in love with Liam Hemsworth. Okay I am getting a little ahead of myself there with the Hemsworth thing since I haven't mentioned any of the rest of the casting, which is the real meat and potatoes...
... since the stylish accused-murderess is being played by Kate Winslet and her eccentric mother is being played by Judy Davis. Excuse me I'm sorry you're supposed to always type...
... since the stylish accused-murderess is being played by Kate Winslet and her eccentric mother is being played by Judy Davis. Excuse me I'm sorry you're supposed to always type...
- 5/9/2014
- by JA
- FilmExperience
It’s nearly time for Cannes, and the lead-up to one of the industry’s biggest events comes more casting news. Today we’re hearing that Liam Hemsworth (The Hunger Games) and Isla Fisher (Now You See Me) have signed on to star alongside Kate Winslet and Judy Davis in period drama, The Dressmaker.
While no further details have been released on which roles the pair will tackle, the plot itself sounds like the stuff of awards gold. Based on the novel by Rosalie Ham, the story follows Tilly (Winslet), a woman who returns to her hometown after she and her mother fled (because she was accused of murder) when she was a child. No doubt her return is bound to ruffle the feathers of her detractors – whom she wows with her big city wit and unusual fashion. It’s not long before Tilly’s on a revenge kick to...
While no further details have been released on which roles the pair will tackle, the plot itself sounds like the stuff of awards gold. Based on the novel by Rosalie Ham, the story follows Tilly (Winslet), a woman who returns to her hometown after she and her mother fled (because she was accused of murder) when she was a child. No doubt her return is bound to ruffle the feathers of her detractors – whom she wows with her big city wit and unusual fashion. It’s not long before Tilly’s on a revenge kick to...
- 5/9/2014
- by Gem Seddon
- We Got This Covered
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