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When a painting is termed blasphemous, a young minister and his wife visit the artist... and the three sexually playful models living with him.
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Anthony Campion
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Estella Campion
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Norman Lindsay
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Sheela
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Giddy
Tziporah Malkah ...
Pru (as Kate Fischer)
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Rose Lindsay
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Lewis
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Tom
Mark Gerber ...
Devlin
Julia Stone ...
Jane
Ellie MacCarthy ...
Honey
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Bishop of Sydney
John Duigan ...
Earnest Minister
Lexy Murphy ...
British Bulldog Girl
Scott Lowe ...
Station Master
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Barman
Lynne Emanuel ...
Barmaid
Kitty Silver ...
Pub Woman 1
Carolyn Devlin ...
Pub Woman 2
Peter Campbell ...
Articulate Drunk
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Robert Dalton ...
Crewman on Ocean Liner / Sailor on Train (uncredited)

Directed by

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John Duigan

Written by

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John Duigan ... (written by)

Produced by

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Justin Ackerman ... executive producer
Hans Brockmann ... executive producer
Micheline Garant ... line producer
Robert Jones ... executive producer
Sue Milliken ... producer
Sarah Radclyffe ... co-producer

Music by

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Rachel Portman

Cinematography by

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Geoff Burton ... director of photography

Editing by

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Humphrey Dixon

Editorial Department

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Anna Aylward ... editor trainee
Nick Breslin ... second assistant editor: Australia
Jason Costelloe ... second assistant editor: UK
Susan Midgley ... first assistant editor
Jim Post ... assistant editor (1991)
Rob Sciarratta ... video color timer

Casting By

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Liz Mullinar ... (as Liz Mullinar Consultants)

Production Design by

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Roger Ford

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Laurie Faen

Set Decoration by

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Kerrie Brown
Lin MacDonald

Costume Design by

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Tony Phillips
Terry Ryan

Makeup Department

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Elaine Fitcher ... assistant makeup artist
Ziggy Golden ... hair stylist (as Jan Zeigenbein)
Noriko Watanabe ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Catherine Bishop ... production manager (as Tatts Bishop)
Will Mathews ... unit manager
Michael Solinger ... post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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John Martin ... second assistant director
Rowena Talacko ... third assistant director (as Rowena Tolacko)
P.J. Voeten ... first assistant director

Art Department

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Danny Burnett ... construction manager
Paul Delprat ... original paintings
Colin Gibson ... props buyer/stand-by props
Bart Groen ... art department assistant
Annie Regol ... property master
Prisque Salvi ... assistant art director (as Prisque Salvie)
Andrew Short ... property buyer
Sarah Tooth ... assistant designer

Sound Department

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Alan Bell ... sound editor
Tim Cavagin ... re-recording mixer
Richard Fettes ... assistant sound editor
Dean Humphreys ... re-recording mixer
Mark Keating ... boom operator
David Lee ... sound recordist
Susan Midgley ... sound editor
Steve Spencer ... assistant sound editor

Visual Effects by

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James Whitlam ... visual effects artist

Stunts

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Randy Fife ... stunts
Mireille Samson ... stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

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Grant Atkinson ... electrician
Matt Buchan ... electrician
Robbie Burr ... electrician (as Robert Burr)
Lara Connor ... camera attachment
Leilani Hannah ... clapper loader
Dave Hanson ... grip
Robert McFarlane ... still photographer
Kathryn Milliss ... director of photography: second unit / focus puller
Moira Moss ... camera attachment
Kerry Phillips ... lighting stand-in
Ian Plummer ... gaffer
Simon Quaife ... key grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Gavin Barbey ... wardrobe secondment
Mel Dykes ... costume coordinator
Heather Laurie ... stand-by wardrobe
Ali Yeldham ... wardrobe runner

Location Management

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Maude Heath ... location manager

Music Department

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Rachel Portman ... orchestrator
David Snell ... conductor
Christine Woodruff ... music coordinator
Allen Walley ... musician: double bass (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Susan Wiley ... continuity (as Sue Wiley)

Transportation Department

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Tim Parry ... vehicle coordinator

Additional Crew

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Scott Barlow ... horse wrangler
Antonia Barnard ... completion guarantor (as Antonio Barnard)
Evanne Chesson ... dogs trainer
Barbara Cope ... unit caterer
Kerry Fetzer ... unit caterer
Kathryn Forward ... dog wrangler
Rea Francis ... unit publicist
Jayne Horvath ... production assistant
Dennis Hulm ... unit assistant
Pauline Hume ... title designer
Kim Hunter ... assistant to publicist
Bobbie Johnson ... accountant: UK
Ena Joyce ... watercolors
Sara Kaye ... accounting assistant
Sara Kaye-Hardie ... accounting assistant (as Sara Kaye)
Susan Lane ... assistant to producer
Terry Lee ... helicopter pilot
Tony Leonard ... insurance broker
Su Lim ... production executive: WMG Pictures
Dixie Linder ... assistant to producer
Andrew Litvin ... runner
Steeves Lumley ... insurance broker
Noelle Maxwell ... unit assistant
Charles McDonald ... publicist: UK
Sandra Mckenzie ... researcher
Wil Milne ... unit assistant
Shane Naylor ... unit assistant
S. Shane Newell ... production executive
Paula Paizes ... business and legal affairs
Hélène Ross ... production coordinator
Ian Russell ... laboratory liaison
Emma Schofield ... production coordinator
Jill Steele ... production accountant
Kim Stone ... tutor
Neris Thomas ... production coordinator: UK
Eric Todd ... oil copies
Tadao Tomomatsu ... production assistant
Sylvia Walker-Wilson ... post-production australia
Martin Williams ... unit runner
Ali Yeldham ... milliner

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Anthony, a young reverend and his wife, Estella are on the way from England to Australia to minister to their flock. The bishop asks him to visit Norman, an eccentric artist prone to sexual depictions and requests that he voluntarily withdraw a controversial work call "Crucified Venus" from his show. The minister, who considers himself a progressive, is shocked at the amoral atmosphere surrounding the painter, his wife, and the three models living at his estate. The minister's wife is troubled also, and has to deal with latent sexual urges while trying to remain loyal to her husband. Written by Ed Sutton

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Taglines In the 1930s, an artist and his models scandalized a nation with their controversial paintings. For a young couple, meeting them was the experience of a lifetime. [USA Theatrical] See more »
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Also Known As
  • Sirènes (France)
  • Verführung der Sirenen (Germany)
  • Sirenes (Spain, Catalan title)
  • Sirens (Sirenas) (Spain)
  • Ögrun (Iceland)
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  • 98 min
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Trivia Although this is a work of fiction, it is centered around a real person. Norman Lindsay was a real-life artist and author in Australia during the early 1900s. Several of his books have been adapted into movies, including Age of Consent (1969) which tells a different version of this same story. See more »
Goofs In the first dining room scene, as Norman leaves the table, Giddy offers Estella some tea. Moments later in the scene, as Tony is speaking, Giddy and Estella can be seen repeating the action in the background. See more »
Movie Connections Edited from A Steam Train Passes (1974). See more »
Soundtracks Grey Funnel Line See more »
Crazy Credits The situations depicted in this film are fictitious and do not represent events in the lives of Rose, Norman, Jane and Honey Lindsay. See more »
Quotes Giddy: Did you know it's dangerous to wake somebody up if they're dreaming because, well, you leave part of your brain behind. And if it happens too many times, you go feeble in the head.
Sheela: Yeah. You're living proof.
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