Synopsis
With An Angel at My Table, Academy Award–winning filmmaker Jane Campion brings to the screen the harrowing true-life story of Janet Frame, New Zealand’s most distinguished author. The film follows Frame along her inspiring journey, from a poverty-stricken childhood to a misdiagnosis of schizophrenia and electroshock therapy to, finally, international literary fame. Beautifully capturing the color and power of the New Zealand landscape, the film earned Campion a sweep of her country’s film awards and the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival.
Cast
| Janet Frame | Kerry Fox |
| Janet Frame as adolescent | Alexia Keogh |
| Janet Frame as child | Karen Fergusson |
| Mother | Iris Churn |
| Father | Kevin J. Wilson |
Credits
| Director | Jane Campion |
| Based on the autobiographies of | Janet Frame |
| Producer | Bridget Ikin |
| Co-producer | John Maynard |
| Screenplay | Laura Jones |
| Cinematography | Stuart Dryburgh |
| Production Design | Grant Major |
| Editing | Veronika Haussler |
| Music | Don McGlashan |
| Sound | John Dennison and Tony Vaccher |
| Costume design | Glenys Jackson |
| Casting director | Diana Rowan |
Disc Features
- New high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Stuart Dryburgh and approved by director Jane Campion
- New Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack
- Audio commentary featuring Campion, Dryburgh, and actress Kerry Fox
- A 10-minute documentary about the making of An Angel at My Table
- Six deleted scenes
- My Say, an audio interview with Janet Frame from 1983
- Original theatrical trailer
- Stills gallery
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Plus: a 40-page booklet featuring a new essay by film critic Amy Taubin and excerpts from Frame’s autobiography, on which Campion based her film
From the Current
An Angel at My Table: Alone, Naturally
by Sep 19, 2005Jane Campion is a rarity, not simply because she is a world-class female director, but because she has devoted her career to exploring female subjectivity: all of her feature films and most of her early short films are constructed around female experience, female heroes, and female points of view...
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