{"product_id":"my-brilliant-career","title":"My Brilliant Career","description":"Amazon.com\n\nThe acclaimed debut of Judy Davis is the best reason to see My Brilliant Career, and the award-winning film is highly recommended as the feature debut of director Gillian Armstrong. This was an early entry in the magnificent \"New Australian Cinema\" movement that yielded such classics as Picnic at Hanging Rock, Gallipoli, and Breaker Morant, and 27-year-old Armstrong (who would later direct the popular 1994 version of Little Women) brought just the right feminist touch to this stately adaptation of the 1901 semi-autobiographical novel by Miles Franklin. Davis (who was 23 at the time) plays 16-year-old Sybylla Melvyn, on the verge of womanhood in turn-of-the-century Australia and determined to have a \"brilliant career\" as an independent writer and lover of life, but her attraction to a wealthy bachelor (Sam Neill, charming as always), and the pressures of her family to lead a conventional life of devoted domesticity, turn this into a romantic and highly observant drama of personal dilemma and free-spirited conviction. It's no surprise that Davis and Armstrong went on to brilliant careers themselves (Davis starred in David Lean's A Passage to India just a few years later). --Jeff Shannon\n\nProduct Description\n\nA young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family who wants her to tame her wild side and get married.\n\nReview\n\n\"An Exceptional Work... Gorgeously Photographed, Thoroughly Enchanting\" -- Rex Reed, Syndicated Columnist\n\n\"Brilliant... A True Romance\" -- Archer Winsten, New YorK Post\n\n\"My Brilliant Career' Marks The Beginning Of Exactly That For Both Director Gillian Armstrong And It's Rambunctious Star, Judy Davis!\" --Janet Maslin, New York Times\n\n\"Refreshingly Entertaining... No Wonder The Audience Cheered!\" --Andrew Sarris, Village Voice\n\n\"Wonderful! An Integrity, Humanity, Warmth, And Humor You Can Taste... Judy Davis Is Lke A Summer Storm!\" --Jack Kroll, Newsweek\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0008GGN9I\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B0008GGN9I.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Gillian Armstrong|Judy Davis|Robert Grubb|Wendy Hughes|Sam Neill|Margaret Fink\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Dvd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case may show wear and may be in library packaging. Ships Fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41482247700538,"sku":"DBV.B0008GGN9I.G","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B0008GGN9I-0.jpg?v=1782062926","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/my-brilliant-career","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}