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My Brilliant Career

A proud young woman in early 20th century Australia must choose between marriage and independence.

Director

Gillian Armstrong

Year

Genre

biography, drama, romance

Box Office

N/A

Production

New South Wales Film Corp.,Greater Union Organisation (GUO),Margaret Fink Productions

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 11 wins & 8 nominations total

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Sybylla Melvyn

Harry Beecham

Aunt Helen

Frank Hawdon

Mr. McSwatt

Grandma Bossier

Uncle Julius

Aunt Gussie

Patricia Kennedy

Father

Mother

Horace

Gertie

Stanley

Aurora

Barman

Pub Drinker

Joe

Biddy

Suzanne Roylance

Ethel

Mrs. Butler

Butler

Blanche Derrick

Mrs. Derrick

Dorothy St. Heaps

Squatter

Miss Benson

Mrs. McSwatt

Peter McSwat

Lizer McSwat

Jimmy McSwat

Sarah McSwat

Willie McSwat

Tommy McSwat

Mary Anne

Simone Buchanan

Rosie Jane

Baby

Kathleen Percival

Mailman

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Aunt Gussie Sybylla Melvyn Uncle Julius Aunt Helen Mother Grandma Bossier Harry Beecham Frank Hawdon

"Possum Gully, Australia, 1897. - My Brilliant Career

"Possum Gully, Australia, 1897.

Here is the story... - My Brilliant Career

Here is the story...

I have always known - My Brilliant Career

I have always known

Go on, then.
Take that in the house for Mother. - My Brilliant Career

Go on, then. Take that in the house for Mother.

Sybylla, I want to have a talk with you. - My Brilliant Career

Sybylla, I want to have a talk with you.

Gertie don't you ever dream there's more to life than this - My Brilliant Career

Gertie don't you ever dream there's more to life...

Looking for your dad, are ya? - My Brilliant Career

Looking for your dad, are ya?

Come on. - My Brilliant Career

I've had a letter from your grandmother. - My Brilliant Career

I've had a letter from your grandmother.

Says she's sorry to hear
you're such a source of grief and annoyance... - My Brilliant Career

Says she's sorry to hear you're such a source of g...

Gertie! - My Brilliant Career

- Good day!
- Good day, Jack! How are ya? - My Brilliant Career

- Good day! - Good day, Jack! How are ya?

I'm Frank Hawden - My Brilliant Career

I'm Frank Hawden

- You're a new chum, aren't you?
- Certainly not. - My Brilliant Career

- You're a new chum, aren't you? - Certainly not.

I was surprised back there
at your being Mrs. Bossier's granddaughter. - My Brilliant Career

I was surprised back there at your being Mrs. Bossier's...

Sybylla! Welcome, my dear! - My Brilliant Career

Sybylla! Welcome, my dear!

Oh! - My Brilliant Career

For the gracious bounties
we are about to receive, - My Brilliant Career

For the gracious bounties we are about to receive,

- Will this be sufficient for you, Frank?
- Yes, thank you. - My Brilliant Career

- Will this be sufficient for you, Frank? - Yes, thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Bossier. - My Brilliant Career

Thank you, Mrs. Bossier.

Helen, have you seen
any patterns in the catalog you liked? - My Brilliant Career

Helen, have you seen any patterns in the catalog you liked?

Thank you, dear. - My Brilliant Career

Thank you, dear.

Ohh. - My Brilliant Career

There's There's any amount of love and good in the world you know - My Brilliant Career

There's There's any amount of love and good in the...

Being misunderstood - My Brilliant Career

Being misunderstood

Plain looks never stopped anyone from being - My Brilliant Career

Plain looks never stopped anyone from being

And no more thinking about yourself. - My Brilliant Career

And no more thinking about yourself.

Seventy-eight, 79... - My Brilliant Career

Seventy-eight, 79...

"I had a dove, and the sweet dove died, - My Brilliant Career

"I had a dove, and the sweet dove died,

Oh! Mr. Hawden! - My Brilliant Career

Oh! Mr. Hawden!

I shall make quite sure my granddaughter will never marry a man unworthy of her - My Brilliant Career

I shall make quite sure my granddaughter will never marry a...

I fear, Helen, we underestimated
her mother's problem. - My Brilliant Career

I fear, Helen, we underestimated her mother's problem.

You're uh new here aren't you - My Brilliant Career

You're uh new here aren't you

How about, um, a reward? - My Brilliant Career

How about, um, a reward?

You should be ashamed. - My Brilliant Career

You should be ashamed.

What's your name? - My Brilliant Career

What's your name?

Hmm. - My Brilliant Career

By George you're a good looking young lady - My Brilliant Career

By George you're a good looking young lady

Yes I was approached by one of them today - My Brilliant Career

Yes I was approached by one of them today

Are you finished? - My Brilliant Career

Are you finished?

♪ Ta-rah-rah-boom-di-ay
Ta-rah-rah-boom-di-ay ♪ - My Brilliant Career

♪ Ta-rah-rah-boom-di-ay Ta-rah-rah-boom-di-ay ♪

Oh I can give you a song - My Brilliant Career

Oh I can give you a song

Your maidens rich and fine Our Sybylla appears to have hidden talents - My Brilliant Career

Your maidens rich and fine Our Sybylla appears to have...

From what I hear Julius last night was little short of a bacchanalian debauch - My Brilliant Career

From what I hear Julius last night was little short of a...

She should be an actress - My Brilliant Career

She should be an actress

Well now that this this fellow Harry has gone - My Brilliant Career

Well now that this this fellow Harry has gone

Though you may not be prepared to apologize to Frank - My Brilliant Career

Though you may not be prepared to apologize to Frank

Marriage gives us respectability dear as you'll learn - My Brilliant Career

Marriage gives us respectability dear as you'll learn

Aunt Helen, please. - My Brilliant Career

Aunt Helen, please.

I hear you've made a lot of changes
at Five Bob, Mr. Beecham. - My Brilliant Career

I hear you've made a lot of changes at Five Bob, Mr. Be...

Oh yes we have - My Brilliant Career

Dear Lucy's daughter - My Brilliant Career

Dear Lucy's daughter

Well, I think I'll turn in. - My Brilliant Career

Well, I think I'll turn in.

They're fortunate aren't they - My Brilliant Career

They're fortunate aren't they

You know I think ugly girls should be strangled at birth by their parents - My Brilliant Career

You know I think ugly girls should be strangled at birth by...

Cool breeze ripples at the river below - My Brilliant Career

Cool breeze ripples at the river below

You washed your hair That will never dry by dinner - My Brilliant Career

You washed your hair That will never dry by dinner

I was worried when I couldn't see you
when I came to the surface. - My Brilliant Career

I was worried when I couldn't see you when I came to th...

Good night, Miss Melvyn. - My Brilliant Career

Good night, Miss Melvyn.

Thank you. - My Brilliant Career

How long will you be away? - My Brilliant Career

How long will you be away?

I'll come over and see you
as soon as I get back. - My Brilliant Career

I'll come over and see you as soon as I get back.

There we are. - My Brilliant Career

Mmm. Such a heavenly scent. - My Brilliant Career

Mmm. Such a heavenly scent.

Can't have much time for you - My Brilliant Career

Can't have much time for you

Hey. Hey, wait. - My Brilliant Career

Hey. Hey, wait.

I'm sorry. - My Brilliant Career

And do you mean to say that Frank
had to walk four miles back here? - My Brilliant Career

And do you mean to say that Frank had to walk four miles bac...

Be careful how you treat him - My Brilliant Career

Be careful how you treat him

Look Aunt Helen you don't have to worry - My Brilliant Career

Look Aunt Helen you don't have to worry

So... So long as you know. - My Brilliant Career

So... So long as you know.

Excuse me, ma'am. Dinner is served. - My Brilliant Career

Excuse me, ma'am. Dinner is served.

At that time it was in a terrible state.
Really shocking. Anyway, I remember... - My Brilliant Career

At that time it was in a terrible state. Really shocking. An...

I see that Furlow has bought himself a very fine bull - My Brilliant Career

I see that Furlow has bought himself a very fine bull

And on my mother's side,
we're going to go to Rutherford's. - My Brilliant Career

And on my mother's side, we're going to go to Ruth...

Go in, girls,
and dance with the grown-ups. - My Brilliant Career

Go in, girls, and dance with the grown-ups.

Yahoo! - My Brilliant Career

They're so stuffy in there, Joe. - My Brilliant Career

They're so stuffy in there, Joe.

Didn't you like me dancing
with the peasants? - My Brilliant Career

Didn't you like me dancing with the peasants?

Harry, I... I'm sorry. - My Brilliant Career

Harry, I... I'm sorry.

I should really get back to my guests. - My Brilliant Career

I should really get back to my guests.

But why does it always have to come down to marriage - My Brilliant Career

But why does it always have to come down to marriage

Loneliness is a terrible price to pay for independence - My Brilliant Career

Loneliness is a terrible price to pay for independence

Good-bye! - My Brilliant Career

Hello, Podgy. - My Brilliant Career

I don't know what you've been up to now,
but Mrs. Bossier wants to see you. - My Brilliant Career

I don't know what you've been up to now, but Mrs. ...

Life around here will certainly
be uneventful when she's gone. - My Brilliant Career

Life around here will certainly be uneventful when she'...

Lizer, Sarah, come on. - My Brilliant Career

Lizer, Sarah, come on.

Watch it! - My Brilliant Career

Jimmy, I've told you before. - My Brilliant Career

Jimmy, I've told you before.

My Brilliant Career poster

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A proud young woman in early 20th century Australia must choose between marriage and independence.

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Director: Gillian Armstrong

Writer: Eleanor Witcombe, Miles Franklin

Production: New South Wales Film Corp.,Greater Union Organisation (GUO),Margaret Fink Productions

Genre: biography, drama, romance

Year: 1979

MetaScore: 77/100

ImdbRating: 7.1

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 17 Aug 1979

Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 11 wins & 8 nominations total

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