Heavenly Creatures - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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Fan of Heavenly Creatures or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Heavenly Creatures

[toni]

The Doris Day LP record titled "Bright and Shiny" that the young lodger, Steve, has just bought and shows the family was recorded in 1961, several years after the events occurred.

[nora]

A picture on the wall in Pauline's bedroom is a photograph of the real Juliet Hulme.

[nicholas]

The shrine that the girls build in the woods includes the following: Mario Lanza (operatic film tenor), James Mason(actor), Mel Ferrer (actor), Jussi Björling(operatic tenor) and Orson Welles (actor).These also figure in the fantasy sequences.

[jamie]

Since the Parker-Hulme murder had been an infamous crime that was strongly sensationalized in New Zealand history Jackson decided rather than do a film that would be a historical look back at the crime to instead create a drama about Parker and Hulme's intense friendship. In addition to reading Pauline Parker's diary Jackson and company undertook a nation wide search for anyone who had known the girls and interviewed them to get a closer look at their lives.

[ken]

The only time Kate Winslet has worked with Peter Jackson.

[liam]

Kate Winslet was one of 175 girls who auditioned for the role of Juliet Hulme.

[kenneth]

The first Peter Jackson film to receive an Oscar nomination, a few years before The Lord of the Rings trilogy took away several Oscars through the years.

[elmer]

Juliet Hulme was revealed to be mystery writer Anne Perry who came forward and revealed her real identity in 1994 during the making of the film, but all attempts to find Pauline Parker failed. In 1997, Pauline Parker was finally traced to a rundown cottage on a farm near Strood, Kent, England, where she currently runs a children's riding school. Since assuming the name of Hilary Nathan, she has become a devout Catholic and devoted her life to handicapped children.

[frances]

Based largely on information gathered and further detailed in the 2011 book "Anne Perry and The Murder of The Century" (Peter Graham). Excellent source for more real-life information as covered in this film.

[carla]

Melanie Lynskey and Kate Winslet were so strongly into their roles that they would interact with each other as their characters off screen.

[steve]

Until 1973, homosexuality was considered a mental disorder associated with deviant behavior including, but not limited to, murder. Because of the closeness of Hulme and Parker's friendship, there was a lot of speculation about whether or not they were lesbians. When Hulme was asked during the trial if she and Pauline had had sex, she replied, "How could we? We are both women." To this day, Anne Perry (the name Juliet assumed after prison) continues to insist that there was never a sexual element to the friendship.

[aaron]

When Juliet Hulme is introduced in the movie, it depicts her being called down by both her French and Art teachers. However, none of Hulme's instructors ever spoke to her harshly or even punished her. In fact, the opposite was true. According to classmates of Hulme, because her father was Rector of Canterbury University College and her family was English, she was treated very well by students and instructors alike. Girls Hulme attended classes with have stated in interviews that when a group of them got caught in mischief, they would simply have Hulme say it was her idea and there would be no consequences. Hulme's instructors gave her special allowances based on her father's position, even though he was not well liked by his colleagues, and Hulme's classmates found her very exotic because she was from England.

[jesus]

The feature film debut for stars Melanie Lynskey and Kate Winslet.

[ronnie]

Orson Welles' photograph in the stream is a reference to a similar shot in The Third Man (1949).

[leo]

Almost all locations used for filming were the genuine locations where the events occurred. The tea shop where Honorah Parker ate her last meal was knocked down a few days after the shoot ended. According to director Peter Jackson, when they got to the location of the murder on the dirt path, it was eerily quiet; the birds stopped singing, and it didn't seem right. So they moved along a couple of hundred yards.

[albert]

Co-writer Fran Walsh suggested the idea of making the Parker-Hulme murder into a film to director Peter Jackson. Walsh said she had a fascination with the murder since childhood.

[kristen]

The film received restricted or adults-only certificates from most countries' film rating boards, but a lenient PG rating in its native New Zealand.

[kylie]

Producer Jim Booth passed away shortly after the production was complete. The film is dedicated to his memory.

[ruby]

Peter Jackson: homeless man kissed by Juliet outside the theater.