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Holy Smoke! is a 1999 drama and comedy film directed and written by Jane Campion. The cast includes Kate Winslet, Harvey Keitel, Pam Grier, and Genevieve Lemon. The production companies were Jan Chapman Productions and Miramax, with distribution handled by Miramax and Netflix. The film was produced in Australia and the United States, with filming taking place in Delhi and the narrative set in Australia.
The movie has a runtime of 115 minutes and was originally released in English. Angelo Badalamenti composed the score, while Dion Beebe served as director of photography and Veronika Jenet as film editor. Janet Patterson was the production designer. The film was released on video on demand and carries the tagline, "He had only one thing on his mind... but so did she!"
Critical reception included a review score of 45%, 5.6/10, and 57/100. It holds an IMDb rating of 5.9 and a TMDb vote average of 5.682. The production budget was 15,000,000, resulting in a revenue of 1,765,545 and a box office total of 3,580,723. Keywords associated with the work include adultery, jealousy, tourist, and cult.
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5.7While on a journey of discovery in exotic India, beautiful young Ruth Barron falls under the influence of a charismatic religious guru. Her desperate parents then hire PJ Waters, a macho cult de-programmer who confronts Ruth in a remote desert hideaway. But PJ quickly learns that he's met his match in the sexy, intelligent and iron-willed Ruth.
Cast
- Kate Winslet as Ruth Barron
- Harvey Keitel as PJ Waters
- Julie Hamilton as Mum
- Sophie Lee as Yvonne
- Dan Wyllie as Robbie
- Paul Goddard as Tim
Themes
- australia
- adultery
- jealousy
- tourist
- cult
- racist
- guru
- religion
- brainwashing
- india
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Jane Campion
- Screenwriter
- Jane Campion
- Cast member
- Daniel Wyllie
- Composer
- Angelo Badalamenti
- Production company
- Miramax
- Cinematographer
- Dion Beebe
- Narrative location
- Australia
- Filming location
- Delhi
- Duration
- 110
- FilmAffinity ID
- 277445
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1999-01-01
- film editor
- Veronika Jenet
- title
- Holy Smoke!
- production designer
- Janet Patterson
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 57/100
- box office
- 1380029
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