Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Name: Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Genre: Drama
Released: 1988-10-13
Duration: 1 h 34 min
Rating: 5.4
Cast: John Waters, Penelope Stewart, Nicki Paull

19881988
PG-13PG-13
1h 34m

IMDb RATING

5.4/10

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Drama

A successful Australian writer discovers he has cancer and returns home to Melbourne to be with his estranged wife and daughter.A successful Australian writer discovers he has cancer and returns home to Melbourne to be with his estranged wife and daughter.A successful Australian writer discovers he has cancer and returns home to Melbourne to be with his estranged wife and daughter.

IMDb RATING

5.4/10

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Director
- Pino Amenta
Writers
- Frank Howson(screenplay)
- F. Scott Fitzgerald(short story: Babylon Revisted)
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Awards
- 2 wins & 6 nominations

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Trivia
First theatrical feature film from Australian production house Boulevard Films. Their first had actually been Backstage (1988) but that property was bought out by the Burrowes Film Group.

Connections
Featured in Frankly Speaking: A Conversation with Frank Howson (2012)

Soundtracks
Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
Performed by Marc Jordan
Backing Vocals by Renée Geyer
Produced by John Capek and David Holman

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6/10

Mediocre attempt at a self discovery film

John Waters gives a reasonable performance as Tom Garfield an Australian playwrite -made good- in the US. Tom is not happy with his life in the states and returns to his home to attempt reconciliation with his estranged wife. Whilst home we see his voyage of self discovery and associated temptations.

The movie had its moments but the once the twist in the plot was revealed it was quite predictable. There could be worse movies to waste a Sunday afternoon on.

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