A Cry in the Dark

A Cry in the Dark

  • Director: Fred Schepisi
  • Writer: John Bryson,Robert Caswell,Fred Schepisi
  • Countries of origin: Australia
  • Language: English
  • Release date: November 11, 1988
  • Sound mix: Dolby Stereo
  • Aspect ratio: 2.39 : 1
  • Also known as: Evil Angels
  • "A Cry in the Dark" is a drama film directed by Fred Sheppisy and starring Meryl Streep and Sam Nell. 
    The film tells the story of young Australian couple Michael Chamberlain and Lindy who are on holiday in Ayr Rock with their three children and their son is killed.

    Details

    • Release date November 11, 1988
    • Filming locations Uluru/Ayers Rock, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
    • Production companies Cannon Entertainment, Golan-Globus Productions, Cinema Verity

    Box office

    Budget

    $15,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $6,908,797

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $1,561,793

    Gross worldwide

    $6,908,797

    Movie reviews

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    • By Isabel 2022-04-09 08:01:03

      true ending

      After four trials in Australia's 32-year-old infant death case, Darwin Magistrates Court

      announced on Tuesday that the baby's death was not related to its parents and was caused by dingoes.

        Marathon lawsuit ends

        A court in Darwin, Australia, on Tuesday acquitted the victim of a 32-year-old baby's death in a 32-year-old

      death that a 9-week-old baby was caused by a wild dog. The unsolved case came to an end, and the Chamberlains

      ended their...

    • By Ernestina 2022-04-09 08:01:03

      "Quotes"

      "A lie goes round the world while truth's still putting its boots on."


      "These people aren't interested in facts."


      "If he can't say what happened, how can he say what didn't happen?"


      "Something my heart tells me is a fact. Other people don't think so.”


      “We're talking about my baby daughter. Not some object!”


      “I am the way I am and the jury will have to get used to it. "


      "This is ridiculous. It's ridiculous....

    • By Ericka 2022-04-09 08:01:03

      Add some inexplicable tension pull tabs

      The title uses red letters on a black background, and the music becomes tense and restless at the beginning of the feature film, full of suspense.
      1. Aerial photography, but aimed at the ground, wobbly and unstable. The composition is uncomfortable and the view is not pretty. Equally unstable and not pretty city after skimming the ridge. The chimney that stands in the middle is reminiscent of a cross or a gallows. The tense and suspenseful music continues right up to the first shot. It is...

    • By Jovanny 2022-04-09 08:01:03

      lawyers, jury, media, experts, masses

      Fact: A couple took their two sons and a nine-month-old daughter to a park for the night, who was taken by a stray dog. The mother faced charges of murdering her biological daughter and was eventually sentenced to life in prison, which was not overturned until five years later.
      Lawyer: It is sophistication. Those simple questions can be asked in extremely complex sentences, so complicated that they need to be considered for at least 10 seconds. The couple faced such questions for several...

    • By Jan 2022-04-09 08:01:03

      trash movie

      This is the most boring and rubbish movie I've ever seen. In the end, I didn't even say who killed it. My eyes are going to go blind, garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage garbage...

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    • By Ettie 2022-04-22 07:01:58

      The verdicts of both guilt and innocence obviously lack evidence and motives, eyewitnesses have no role, forensic identification has no role, and wild dogs eat babies without tearing their clothes? And even the time and place of committing the crime can't be rounded up, such a hasty sentence is like a child's play. PS: If this couple does not have the support of their beliefs to change to China, they should take revenge on...

    • By Rickey 2022-04-22 07:01:58

      Tears are falling slowly!...

    • By Ike 2022-04-22 07:01:58

      I'm haplessly biased but hey can you blame me? Human nature, it actually is. Later the Chamberlains got...

    • By Sofia 2022-04-22 07:01:58

      The film was nominated for Best Actress at the 61st Academy Awards. The words of the people are terrifying, the mouths are full of gold, and the bones are destroyed and destroyed! The beauty of this film lies in its realism. The truth is not something that can be discussed by you and me. Practice is the only criterion for testing the...

    • By Coralie 2022-04-22 07:01:58

      What a huge dilemma and injustice a person will face when revealing his true thoughts in front of the public, this is an important aspect of "Cry in the Night" through a case of the disappearance of a real baby, so that the audience can think about people, society and harmony. Multiple inner contradictions. What the movie shows to the audience is not the ills of the judiciary, the police and other separate systems, but the fascist evils that have been assembled in a complex society after a...

    Movie plot

    The film is based on real facts. In 1980, young Australian couple Michael Chamberlain and Lindy took their three children on holiday in the tourist resort of Ayr Rock. In the evening, the couple took their two older children to a neighbor's house, while the sleeping baby girl Azaria stayed in the tent. Hearing a cry in the dark, a wild dog escaped from the tent, leaving only blood stains in the cradle. The introverted Lindy hides her...
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    Movie quotes

    • Michael Chamberlain: No, you're right, it's exactly the same model as mine.

      Les Smith: Have a look at what Webber found under the dash!

    • Lindy Chamberlain: Crikey, how's yer kidneys?

    • Cliff Murchison: Was that Michael's brother?

      Lindy Chamberlain: Can you believe it, the rumours are in New Zealand already!

      Cliff Murchison: A lie goes 'round the world while truth's still putting its boots on, sweetheart.