Age of Consent ( 1969 )

Age of Consent ( 1969 ) (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
103 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1969 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Michael Powell

Written By:
Norman Lindsay
Peter Yeldham

Actors:
James Mason ..... Bradley Morahan
Helen Mirren ..... Cora Ryan
Jack MacGowran ..... Nat Kelly
Neva Carr-Glynn ..... Ma Ryan (as Neva Carr-Glyn)
Andonia Katsaros ..... Isabel Marley
Michael Boddy ..... Hendricks
Harold Hopkins ..... Ted Farrell
Slim DeGrey ..... Cooley (as Slim De Grey)
Max Meldrum ..... TV Interviewer
Frank Thring ..... Godfrey, the Art Dealer
Clarissa Kaye-Mason ..... Meg (as Clarissa Kaye)
Judith McGrath ..... Grace (as Judy McGrath)
Lenore Caton ..... Edna
Diane Strachan ..... Susie
Roberta Grant ..... Ivy

Synopsis:

Michael Powell, award-winning director of seminal classics Black Narcissus and The Red Shoes embarked on his final feature length film, returning to the themes and inspirations that established him as one of the greatest filmmakers of his generation. Age of Consent explores the intense and often obsessive nature of an artist facing the sunset of his career - taking stock of his life and ultimate worth. James Mason is Bradley Morahan, a commercially successful but creatively jaded painter, who retires from the bustle of New York to seek the tranquillity and peace of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Looking for inspiration, he meets an innocent yet mature teenager Cora (Helen Mirren) who provides him with the impetus to paint once again. Exploring Cora's natural beauty, Bradley seeks to restore his creative drive and lift his battered self-esteem in a passionate and erotically charged encounter. Based on the autobiographical novel by acclaimed artist Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent captures the essence of the artist as a tortured soul, the power of the mesmerising muse in lifting the spirit and launching the lifelong pursuit of beauty and happiness. Including a personal tribute by Martin Scorsese and a collection of insightful special features, Age of Consent is presented here in the original director's cut version.

Based on a semi-autobiographical novel by artist Norman Lindsay, "Age of Consent" features Mason as successful painter Bradley Morahan. Disillusioned with the commercial and dispassionate turn his career has taken in New York, Bradley decides to return to his native Australia to recapture the artistic freedom and inspiration he had as a young man. Retreating to an island on the Great Barrier Reef, he unexpectedly finds his inspiration in Cora (Helen Mirren), a teenage girl on the brink of womanhood whose only guardian is her perpetually drunk and abusive grandmother (Neva Carr-Glyn). Cora is secretly trying to save up enough money to escape from her grandmother and find a job as a hairdresser on the mainland. Bradley pays her to pose nude for him, producing the best work of his life in the process and simultaneously inspiring her to embrace her sexual allure.

James Mason is Bradley Morahan, an Australian artist far away from home and trying to prod his muse in the bowels of New York City. Disgusted with life in the big city, Bradley decides to return to his roots and heads back home to Australia.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 31 October, 2012.

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