Dead Letter Office (film)

1998 Australian film by John Ruane

  • 1998 (1998)
CountryAustraliaLanguageEnglishBox officeA$268,699 (Australia)[2]

Dead Letter Office is a 1998 Australian film starring Miranda Otto.[3]

Plot

"After years of having her letters to her estranged father come back as undeliverable, a young woman takes a job at a Dead Letter Office. She hopes to figure out how to locate her father. Unexpectedly, she finds a potential romance and begins to learn more about herself."[4]

Cast

  • Miranda Otto as Alice Walsh
  • Alicia Banit as Young Alice
  • Tess Mornana as Young Alice (voice)
  • Georgina Naidu as Mary[5][6]
  • Jane Hall as Heather
  • Barry Otto as Gerald Urquhart
  • Nicholas Bell as Kevin

Production

It was shot in May and June 1997.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Dead Letter Office (35mm)". Australian Classification Board. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" at Film Victoria Archived 9 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 12 November 2012
  3. ^ "Dead Letter Office (1998)". IMDb. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  4. ^ Dead Letter Office (1998), retrieved 23 June 2022
  5. ^ "Dead Letter Office (1998)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 19 November 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Dead Letter Office". Variety. 17 August 1998. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  7. ^ Michael Kitson, "John Ruane's Sentimental Comedies", Cinema Papers, June 1998 p32-34, 73
  • Dead Letter Office at IMDb
  • Review at Urban Cinefile
  • Dead Letter Office at Oz Movies
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Films directed by John Ruane
  • Queensland (1976)
  • Hanging Together (1985) (TV movie)
  • Feathers (1987)
  • Death in Brunswick (1991)
  • That Eye, the Sky (1994)
  • Dead Letter Office (1998)
  • The Love of Lionel's Life (2000) (TV movie)


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