Dead Letter Office (film) explained

Dead Letter Office
Director:	John Ruane
Producer:	Denise Patience
Starring:	Miranda Otto
Cinematography:	Ellery Ryan
Distributor:	PolyGram Filmed Entertainment^[1]
Country:	Australia
Language:	English
Gross:	A$268,699 (Australia)^[2]

Dead Letter Office is a 1998 Australian film starring Miranda Otto.^[3]

Plot

"After years of having her letters to her estranged father come back as undeliverable, a young woman takes a job at a Dead Letter Office. She hopes to figure out how to locate her father. Unexpectedly, she finds a potential romance and begins to learn more about herself."

Cast

• Miranda Otto as Alice Walsh
• Alicia Banit as Young Alice
• Tess Mornana as Young Alice (voice)
• Georgina Naidu as Mary^{[4] [5]}
• Jane Hall as Heather
• Barry Otto as Gerald Urquhart
• Nicholas Bell as Kevin

Production

It was shot in May and June 1997.^[6]

External links

• • Review at Urban Cinefile
• Dead Letter Office at Oz Movies

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dead Letter Office (35mm). Australian Classification Board. 19 November 2021.
2. http://www.film.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/967/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" at Film Victoria
3. Web site: Dead Letter Office (1998) . . 2 September 2021.
4. Web site: Dead Letter Office (1998) . https://web.archive.org/web/20181119053409/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8044f5ff . dead . 19 November 2018 . . 25 January 2019.
5. Web site: Dead Letter Office . . 25 January 2019 . 17 August 1998.
6. Michael Kitson, "John Ruane's Sentimental Comedies", Cinema Papers, June 1998 p32-34, 73