Evil Angels

Name: Evil Angels
Genre: Drama
Released: 1988-11-03
Duration: 2 h
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, David Hoflin, John Howard, Debra Lawrance

A family torn apart. A public filled with outrage. A woman accused of murder.

Evil Angels (1988)

Timing: 2:0 (120 min)

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Actors and characters

Video for the film Evil Angels — A Cry in the Dark (1988) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

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Release date

1988-11-03

Country

Australia, United States

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures, Cannon Group, Golan-Globus Productions, Cinema Verity

Genre

Drama

Budget

$15 000 000

Box office

$6 908 797

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Director

Fred Schepisi

Actors

Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, David Hoflin, John Howard, Debra Lawrance, Pat Thomson, Maurie Fields, Dorothy Alison, Peter Hosking, Charles Tingwell
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Verity Lambert, Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus

Camera operator

Ian Baker

Composer

Bruce Smeaton

Artist

George Liddle, Wendy Dickson

Audition

Rhonda Schepisi

Editing

Jill Bilcock
Whole Team (33)

Short description

Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain who, during a family camping trip to Ayers Rock in central Australia, claimed she witnessed a dingo take her baby daughter, Azaria, from their tent. Azaria's body was never found and, after investigations and two public inquests, she is charged with murder.

What's left behind the scenes

The plot of the film is based on a real event that occurred in Australia. On the night of August 17, 1980, Azaria Chamberlain, 9 weeks old, went missing from a tent when her parents decided to rest in nature. The girl's mother, Lindy Chamberlain, saw a wild dingo dog leaving the tent.
In 1986, Azaria's jacket was found, in an area with many dingo dens, and the case of the missing child was reopened. In 1988, the charges against the girl's parents were dropped, and two years later, the Australian government ordered them to be compensated for the time they had spent in prison.
Initially, it was planned for Dolph Lundgren to play the villainous alien.
Mattias Hughes wore special platform shoes that made him taller.
In the early stages of script development, the film was supposed to be a comedy.
The alien's gun is a modified Calico M950.
Matti Haas, who played the alien, had to perform all the stunts himself, as there were no stunt performers tall enough to match him.