Search - My Brilliant Career on DVD

MPAA Rating: G Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1979 DVD Release: 05/31/2005 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 2 Number of Discs: 2 Run Time: 1 hrs 40 mins Studio: Blue Underground Members Wishing: 4 Genres: Drama, Period Film, Biopic [feature], Feminist Film See Also: My Brilliant Career [Blu-ray]

Both actress Judy Davis and director Gillian Armstrong made a big splash on the international scene with this charming Australian film that examines late 19th century Australian society from the perspective of a headstrong woman who refuses to follow convention. The film charts the developing self-awareness of Sybylla Melvyn (Judy Davis) as she grows from an insecure tomboy to a self-assured woman. Sybylla wants to be a writer and stuns her family and friends by her insistence on following her dream. Despite the objections of her family acquaintances, she rejects the marriage proposal from the rich Harry Beecham (Sam Neill) to continue going her own way, in spite of the odds stacked against her in a repressive Victorian environment. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Judy Davis - Sybylla Melvyn
Sam Neill - Harry Beecham
Wendy Hughes - Aunt Helen
Robert Grubb - Frank Hawdon
Patricia Kennedy - Aunt Gussie