Mary (1994 film)

Mary is a 1994 dramatised documentary from Australia about Mary MacKillop, from a concept by Julie Macken.^[2]

Mary
Directed by	Kay Pavlou
Written by	Kay Pavlou
Produced by	Rosemary Blight
Starring	Lucy Bell
Narrated by	Claire Dunne credited as "Clair Dunn"
Cinematography	Jan Kenny ACS
Edited by	Margaret Sixel
Music by	Douglas Stephen Rae
Release date	1994 (1994)
Running time	71 mins
Country	Australia
Language	English
Box office	A$184,001 (Australia)[1]

The film follows the career of MacKillop in a series of short dramatizations interspersed with commentaries. It was filmed "on location" in Sydney (only) and The Vatican, Rome.

The film features commentary by Claire Dunne, author of No Plaster Saint (credited as "Clair Dunn") and Sister Marie Foale, author of The Josephite Story, also interviews with Peter Gumpel S.J. - Saintmaker and Relator of Mary's Cause, and Sister Margaret McKenna - Mary Mackillop Secretariat. The book "Mary MacKillop Unveiled" by Lesley O'Brien was mentioned in the closing credits.

Cast

• Lucy Bell as Mary MacKillop
• Rebecca Scully-Webster as the young Mary MacKillop
• Linden Wilkinson as the older Mary MacKillop
• Brendan Higgins as Father Julian Woods
• Brian Harrison as Bishop Laurence Sheil
• Maureen Green as Sister Teresa
• Brian McDermott as Bishop James Quinn
• Stephen Leeder as Father Charles Horan
• Frank Garfield as Bishop Reynolds
• Roslyn Oades as Sister Paula
• Vanessa Downing as Flora MacKillop (mother of Mary MacKillop)
• Ron Zines as Bishop Matthew Quinn
• Tommaso Monacelli as Pope Pius IX

Home media

The film was released on DVD as Mary: The Mary MacKillop Story by Roadshow Entertainment.

References

1. "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria Archived 9 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine accessed 13 November 2012
2. From opening credits, The Mary MacKillop Story DVD; cast list from closing credits.

External links

• Mary at IMDb
• Mary at Oz Movies
• Interview with Kay Pavlou