The Monkey's Mask

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The Monkey's Mask is a 2000 Australian neo-noir thriller film, adapted from Dorothy Porter's verse novel, that blends crime, poetry, and lesbian romance.

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instanceOf film ⓘ
adaptationType film adaptation of a verse novel ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Dorothy Porter ⓘ
basedOn The Monkey's Mask (verse novel) ⓘ
linked to: The Monkey's Mask
character Diana Maitland ⓘ
Jill Fitzpatrick ⓘ
cinematographyBy Garry Phillips ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Australia ⓘ
director Samantha Lang ⓘ
distributor Dendy Films ⓘ
editedBy Dany Cooper ⓘ
filmFormat feature film ⓘ
filmingLocation Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ⓘ
genre LGBT-related film ⓘ
crime film ⓘ
lesbian film ⓘ
neo-noir ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ
thriller ⓘ
language English ⓘ
musicBy Amanda Brown ⓘ
Jen Anderson ⓘ
notableFor blending crime narrative with poetry ⓘ
depiction of lesbian relationships in a noir context ⓘ
originalWorkMedium verse novel ⓘ
plotSummary A lesbian private investigator is hired to find a missing student and becomes involved in a dangerous affair with the victim's poetry lecturer. ⓘ
producer John Maynard ⓘ
Robert Connolly ⓘ
releaseType theatrical release ⓘ
releaseYear 2000 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 94 ⓘ
screenwriter Anne Kennedy ⓘ
Samantha Lang ⓘ
setting Sydney ⓘ
sourceWorkPublicationYear 1994 ⓘ
stars Abbie Cornish ⓘ
Deborah Mailman ⓘ
Kelly McGillis ⓘ
Marton Csokas ⓘ
Susie Porter ⓘ
themes betrayal ⓘ
crime investigation ⓘ
lesbian romance ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
sexual obsession ⓘ

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Geoff Burton → notableWork → The Monkey's Mask ⓘ
Jan Chapman → notableWork → The Monkey’s Mask ⓘ
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The Monkey's Mask → basedOn → The Monkey's Mask (verse novel) ⓘ
linked to: The Monkey's Mask
Australian literature canon → hasPart → The Monkey’s Mask ⓘ
linked to: The Monkey's Mask