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Screen Australia The Screen Guide. The Screen Guide. Muriel's Wedding Feature mins Completed. Powered by Viewing Options Choose a viewing option below. Insecurity amongst other hurdles exists to be overcome. I am realizing audiences were generally comforted by Muriel.

It still makes them feel less alone and OK about feeling vulnerable and imperfect in a society that demands so much of us. First-time filmmakers often draw on their life for their debut features, and Hogan is no different.

I shot it in my hometown because I really wanted that authenticity. In fact, he was an absolutely bully, way worse than the bully in the movie. Because he was the eldest, said Hogan, he got out of the town and away from his family. Then I heard that she was a success, that she was selling cosmetics and making a lot of money.

But three months later, I heard she disappeared, and no one knew where she was. What happened was that to impress our dad, she had taken a job with his mistress selling cosmetics and was stealing the money. She was bamboozling our mother, who was every easily bamboozled. But if I made a film, I want it to be about you. I think this story is incredible. So, I asked her permission years before I ever figured out a way to tell the story.

She gave me permission on two conditions: the first was she would be the heroine in the story and the second was that I would not use her name. Moorhouse recalled in an e-mail interview that the two talked about the idea for years. We would riff on dialogue and act bits out. It completely changed our lives. And Hogan was an untried feature film director. We were good friends with Jane. Could you put in a good word for me? Miramax, which released the film in the U. There was a bidding war for it at Cannes.

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