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Crush

Film (Trailer and Excerpts) – 1992

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Mature

1993 New Zealand Film and Television Awards
Best Female Performance - Film: Caitlin Bossley
Best Female Supporting Performance - Film: Donogh Rees
Best Film Score: The Jean Paul Sartre Experience and Antony Partos
Best Soundtrack: Greg Bell, Kit Rollings and Mike Hopkins
Nominated for Best Film, Director, Script, and Male Supporting Performance (William Zappa)

Festivals include
1993 Sundance, 1992 Cannes (in competition), 1992 Toronto Festival of Festivals, London, Puerto Rico, Sydney, Cambridge

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