A CRY IN THE DARK (WIDESCREEN)

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• Release Year: 1988
• Genre: Crime, Drama
• Plot: No body, motive or weapon. The facts in the Australian murder trial of Lindy and Michael Chamberlain didn't add up. But other things did: Bigortry against the couple's religion. Scattershot forensic evidence taken as fact. And a hysteria that was the 1980's equivalent of a Salem witchhunt.; ; For 1988's powerful, truth-based 'A Cry in the Dark,' Academy Award winner Meryl Streep won Cannes Film Festival and New York Film Critics Best Actress Awards along with her eighth Oscar nomination. Her work as Lindy, who lives the nightmare of seeing a wild dog carry off her infant and then endures a travesty of a trial by the courts and media, is remarkable. Sam Neill is her match as tortured husband Michael. Director Fred Schepisi transforms true events into a riveting movie that will haunt you for days.
• Cast: Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, Dale Reeves, David Hoflin, Jason Reason, Michael Wetter, Kane Barton, Trent Roberts, Lauren Shepherd, Bethany Ann Prickett, Alison O'Connell, Aliza Dason, Jane Coker, Rae-Leigh Henson, Nicolette Minster, Brian James, Dorothy Alison, Maurie Fields, Peter Hosking, Matthew Barker, Bruce Kilpatrick, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Bruce Myles, Neil Fitzpatrick, Dennis Miller, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Brendan Higgins, Ian Swan, Sandy Gore, Kevin Miles, Edgar Metcalfe, Gary Files, Peter Aanensen, Jon Finlayson, David Ravenswood, Roderick Williams, Eve Godly, Reg Evans, Douglas Hedge, James Wright, Luciano Catenacci, Bill Johnston, Robin Dene, Geoffrey O'Connell, Michael Croft, George Viskich, Merrin Canning, Valma Pratt, Jim Holt, John Howard, Frankie J. Holden, Tim Robertson, Patsy Stephen, Ian Gilmour, Peter Sardi, Bill Garner, Marion McKenzie, Johnny Quinn, Deborra-Lee Furness, Chuck Faulkner, Pat Thomson, Terrie Waddell, James Higgins, Quentin MacLaine, Greta Mendoza, Vincent Vaccari, Abbe Holmes, David Wilson, John Heywood, John Allan, Peter Byrne, Maureen Edwards, Justin Gaffney, Lynn Ruthven, Bruce Carter, Peter Flett, Linda McConchie, Charles Dance, James Condon, James Taylor, Mike Person, Philip Holder, Nick Tate, Mervyn Drake, Vincent Gil, Burt Cooper, Mark Little, Tony Martin, Bruce Venables, Lawrence Held, Paul Young, Trevor Kent, Iain Murton, Daryl Pellizzer, Bill McCluskey, Debra Lawrance, Sunday Rennie, Warwick Moss, Brenda Addie, Emma Crapper, Fred Schepisi, John Bryson, Robert Caswell
• Director: Fred Schepisi
• Runtime: 2:01
• Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Cannon Entertainment, Golan-Globus, Cinema Verity, Warner Home Video
• Media Format: Movie