My Brilliant Career

Winner of Six Australian Academy Awards, Including Best Picture and Best Director.

Exquisite 2-Disc Special Edition

This is the film that became a worldwide sensation and remains perhaps the most beloved and acclaimed romantic epic of all time. Oscar -nominee Judy Davis (Passage To India, Husbands and Wives) made her international debut as Sybylla Melvyn, a free spirited young writer who refues to conform to society's expectations of how a 'proper woman' should live her life. Sam Neill (Jurassic Park, The Piano) co-stars as the wealthy suitor who tries to win her restless heart in this Oscar nominated classic by Gillian Armstrong (Little Women, Starstruck). Long unavailable in America, My Brilliant Career has been fully restored and remastered in High Definition from the original negative, under the supervision of Academy Award nominated Director of Photography Donald McAlpine. more

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From: Amazon
Posted: Apr-19-2008

I Bugged HBO About Sam Years Ago Because of This!

I saw this years ago when it was new. LOVED the film, read the book (and the sequel). Became a BIG Sam Neill fan. In the "old" days when cable was new, you could request films, by name. I was able to do some digging in foreign film periodicals, and started requesting some of the films he made in...

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Posted: Mar-05-2008

For true romantics

This is simply a beautiful film, bursting with life and creativity--I recommend it to anyone. Don't miss the featurettes on the DVD set, especially the interview with director Gillian Armstrong, recalling how she argued for the film's free-spirited ending (barely imaginable even in the 1970s) and...

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Posted: Aug-25-2007

My Brilliant Career(DVD)

I saw this movie twice in one week years ago.It was the first time I saw Judy Davis.She was then and still is a wonderful actress.The film has a good story&I found it charming,witty,and fun.It does have its serious moments.It is exctremely well done.One of the best of its kind I have seen.

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Posted: Jul-24-2007

Yet another contrarian view

I wanted to like this film. I really did. Especially after reading the glowing reviews here. But I found it somewhat empty and non-sensical in some aspects. One thing I couldn't understand is why the main protagonist had to go to work as a governess for this poor family when she was living...

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Posted: Apr-12-2007

A daughter who is useless, plain, and godless

If you loved Anne of Green Gables and Out of Africa, you would probably enjoy My Brilliant Career. A determined young woman in Autralia deals with adversity and love, while holding onto her dream of becoming a writer.

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Posted: Mar-01-2007

Realism Heaped Upon Reality

In early twentieth century Australia a young woman, Sybylla Melvyn, played by the ever-capable Judy Davis, is determined to escape the mundane domestic existence she sees laid out before her in order to seek her fortune, her "brilliant career" as a writer. She passes up a sound offer of marriage...

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Posted: Sep-30-2006

Judy Davis is Extraordinary

I will not attempt to repeat the complimnts of other viewers. I will say only that MY BRILLIANT CAREER is a beautifully written and photographed tale of a vivacious, independent young woman (Judy Davis) and the unrequited love of her suitor (Sam Neill). The characters are unforgettable and the...

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Posted: Jul-05-2006

Great but Rather Sad

I guess as a married woman, I feel saddened that some women felt that to marry was confining or otherwise restrictive to their freedoms as women. This movie was wonderful - great, sweeping romance, but sad. The scene where the star breaks off the relationship and rejects the marriage proposal...

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Posted: Dec-06-2005

A Contrarian View

The movie is exquisitely styled, well-paced, filled with interesting characters and beautiful scenery. The story is unsettling and problematic though. In fairy tales or classic British novels, such as those by Jane Austen, a girl dreams of meeting and marrying her prince and finally does just...

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Posted: Aug-30-2005

Finally, finally, finally, this gorgeous film is on DVD!

Gillian Armstrong and Judy Davis (as the autobiographer, Sybilla Melvyn in the film, a woman named Miles Franklin in real life) made their stunning entrances into directing and acting stardom in this little gem of a film, stunningly photographed in the Outback of Australia by Donald McAlpine...

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