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Lantana

Year:

2001

Duration:

121 min

Genres:

Drama | Mystery

IMDB rate:

7.4

Director:

Ray Lawrence

Awards:

35 wins & 22 nominations

Details

Country: Australia

Release Date: 2001-10-04

Filming Locations: Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $66,701 (USA) (16 December 2001)

Gross: $4,460,426 (USA) (21 April 2002)

Cast

Actor

Character

Manu Bennett

Anthony LaPaglia

Detective Leon Zat

Geoffrey Rush

John Knox

Barbara Hershey

Dr. Valerie Somers

Kerry Armstrong

Sonja Zat

Rachael Blake

Jane O'May

Russell Dykstra

Michael

Daniela Farinacci

Paula D'Amato

Peter Phelps

Patrick Phelan

Leah Purcell

Detective Claudia Wiss

Glenn Robbins

Pete O'May

Melissa Martinez

Lisa

Owen McKenna

Old man in pyjamas

Nicholas Cooper

Sam Zat

Marc Dwyer

Dylan Zat

Puven Pather

Drug dealer

Lionel Tozer

Police officer

Glenn Suter

Police officer

Natasha Guthrie

Young girl

James Cullington

Man at book launch

Ashley Fitzgerald

Eleanor

Vince Colosimo

Nik Daniels

Keira Wingate

Hannah Daniels

Angus Cripps

Harry Daniels

William Cripps

Harry Daniels

Kay Armstrong

Woman dance partner

Jacomb Borra

Jacob

Ben Mortley

Jose

Gabriella Maselli

Sarah, Valerie's secretary

Richard Morecroft

Newsreader

Lani John Tupu

Patrick's lover (as Lani Tupu)

Lesley Hancock

Lover's wife

Angus McGuigan

Lover's child

Michael Di Nuzzo

Paramedic #1 (uncredited)

Greg Eccleston

Man In Alleyway (uncredited)

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Trivia

The first film to win all of the top six categories of the Australian Film Institute (AFI) awards: best picture, best director, best actress, best actor, best supporting actress, best supporting actor. It also won for best adapted screenplay. This record remained unbroken until all 13 AFI categories were swept by Somersault (2004).

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Anthony LaPaglia had to work with a dialect coach to regain his native Australian accent. He had lost it from years of working on American movies.

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Goofs

During the conversation between Leon and John on John's deck, the water level and position of the pitcher changes.

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When Sonja is in the car park, at about 54' at the bottom of the frame you can see the dolly track complete with sandbag, wedges and Mafer clamp.

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When Nik is at the police station explaining what happened the night he picked up Valerie, we see it as he is describing it - and as she gets into his truck, you can hear the door slam before it is even shut.

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Quotes

Leon Zat: I tell my wife everything.

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Leon Zat: [Leon has chest pains after having sex with Jane] I get this pain in my chest sometimes.

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Leon Zat: [the morning after Leon admitted having an affair] I fucked up, all right? People fuck up.

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Faq

WHY THE FILM'S TITLE IS LANTANA

LANTANA IS A PLANT...

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