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Heavenly creatures, 1994

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Peter Jackson's partner Fran Walsh convinced Jackson to make this impressive drama about a real-life murder in 1950s Christchurch. It was the first film in which the couple used digital special effects, and it launched the then-little known British actor Kate Winslet to world stardom. Heavenly creatures also convinced the major US production company Miramax to invest in Jackson's later work.

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Reference: Heavenly creatures. Producer, Jim Booth; director and writer, Peter Jackson; writer, Fran Walsh. WingNut Films, Fontana Productions and Senator Film Produktion GmbH, 1994.

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Helen Martin, Feature film – The 1990s: deregulation, accolades and a maturing industry, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/42489/heavenly-creatures-1994 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Helen Martin, i tāngia i te 9 September 2013, reviewed and revised 21 May 2024 me te āwhina o Emma-Jean Kelly.