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Writers:
Peter Carey (novel)
Peter Carey (screenplay)
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Release Date:
21 February 1986 (USA) more
Tagline:
After Harry Joy dropped dead... his life was never the same again.
Plot:
An advertising executive dies and goes to hell... except nothing changes. Well, his daughter is buying drugs with sexual favours from her brother... more | full synopsis
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3 wins & 11 nominations more
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Not So Solitary
(From FilmInk.com.au. 26 October 2009, 2:28 PM, PDT)
Green Screens
(From FilmInk.com.au. 2 February 2009, 4:10 PM, PST)
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Fantastic movie. Very contemplative. more (18 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Barry Otto | ... | Harry Joy |
| Lynette Curran | ... | Bettina Joy |
| Helen Jones | ... | Honey Barbara |
 | Gia Carides | ... | Lucy Joy |
| Miles Buchanan | ... | David Joy |
 | Jeff Truman | ... | Joel |
| Tim Robertson | ... | Alex Duval |
| Bryan Marshall | ... | Adrian Clunes |
| Jon Ewing | ... | Aldo |
| Kerry Walker | ... | Alice Dalton |
| Paul Chubb | ... | Reverend Des |
| Sarah De Teliga | ... | Harry's Mother (as Sara De Teliga) |
| Saskia Post | ... | Harry's Daughter (as Saski Post) |
| George Whaley | ... | Vance |
| Robert Menzies | ... | Damien |
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112 min | Australia:130 min (director's cut)
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Australia:M (original rating) | Singapore:R21 | Finland:K-16 | New Zealand:R18 | UK:18 | Australia:MA (director's cut) | USA:R
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Referenced in American Beauty (1999) more
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The plot summary is fine but does not do this movie justice. Please read the novel: Bliss. This is one of the very few movies that are as good as the novel. Of course, the movie is not the same as the novel. It is a very good adaptation but they should not be considered on par with each other. For instance, the movie Dune was a great movie and a great adaptation of the novel, but, no movie could ever approach the this novel. Bliss is on this level. Especially if you are a hippy (wanna be) like me. The emotions and perceptions and impressions and intentions and so on are beautifully transcribed to the motion picture medium. This is art. Watch the movie. Read the book. Don't compare them. Enjoy both of them.