Dead Letter Office (film)

Dead Letter Office
Dead Letter Office
Directed by	John Ruane
Written by	Deb Cox
Produced by	Denise Patience; executive; Andrew Knight; Steve Vizard; David M. Thompson
Starring	Miranda Otto
Cinematography
Release date	1998;
Country	Australia
Language	English
Box office	A$268,699 (Australia)

Dead Letter Office is a 1998 Australian film starring Miranda Otto.^[2]

Plot[]

Synopsis from Oz Movies

Alice's (Miranda Otto) girlhood dreams of her absent father (Barry Otto) are twisted into a bundle of letters, returned unopened, and stamped: Dead Letter Office.
Getting a job at the Dead Letter Office is her last ditch effort to find her father. But first she finds Frank (George DelHoyo), the head of this forgotten corner of a careless world, presiding calmly over an eccentric bunch of fellow workers (Nicholas Bell as Kevin, Georgina Naidu as Mary and Syd Brisbane as Peter), and a pigeon (Punt Road) who can't find his way home.
Alice writes to her father one final time, but now realises her letter is just one of many thousands of fading hopes and dusty dreams. Even capable Frank admits defeat in the face of such vast dislocation - letters to the universe, to God, to lost lovers. Is Alice's letter just one more hopeless case, or can Frank help her?
Frank is curiously moved by Alice's quest. For years he has been living in emotional isolation, trying to bury the nightmares of his past life in Chile. But Alice, who is so impetuous and so vulnerable, somehow bumps him out of the numbing routine of his work. He slowly begins to re-engage with his culture and with his feelings.
Their paths have crossed for a reason; they both know so much about the importance of dreams and destinations. The Dead Letter Office. A funny place to find love.

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Cast[]

Miranda Otto as Alice Walsh
Alicia Banit as Young Alice
Tess Mornana as Young Alice (voice)
Georgina Naidu as Mary^[4]^[5]

Production[]

It was shot in May and June 1997.^[6]

References[]

^ "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" at Film Victoria Archived 9 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 12 November 2012
^ "Dead Letter Office (1998)". IMDb. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^ Oz Movies https://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/dead-letter-office. Retrieved 2 September 2021. Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "Dead Letter Office (1998)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
^ "Dead Letter Office". Variety. 17 August 1998. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
^ Michael Kitson, "John Ruane's Sentimental Comedies", Cinema Papers, June 1998 p32-34, 73

External links[]

Dead Letter Office at IMDb
Review at Urban Cinefile
Dead Letter Office at Oz Movies

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[1] "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" at Film Victoria Archived 9 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 12 November 2012

[2] "Dead Letter Office (1998)". IMDb. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

[3] Oz Movies https://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/dead-letter-office. Retrieved 2 September 2021. Missing or empty |title= (help)

[4] "Dead Letter Office (1998)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 25 January 2019.

[5] "Dead Letter Office". Variety. 17 August 1998. Retrieved 25 January 2019.

[6] Michael Kitson, "John Ruane's Sentimental Comedies", Cinema Papers, June 1998 p32-34, 73

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