Constance - 1984

Constance - 1984 Mirage Films Ltd. - 103 min. DVD UPC #8432593002468; 8432593003076; 9418212008225 Cast: Donogh Rees, Shane Briant, Judie Douglas, Martin Vaughan, Donald MacDonald, Mark Wignall, Hester Joyce, Lee Grant. Writer: Jonathan Hardy from a story by Bruce Morrison; Production Design: Richard Jeziorny; Director of Photography: Kevin Hayward; Editor: Philip Howe; Music: John Charles, David Fraser; Producer: Larry Parr; Director: Bruce Morrison. Constance is a primary school teacher in love with the movies and drawn increasingly into a fantasy world. Her dream is shattered, almost as soon as it begins to be realised, when she is raped by a famous Hollywood photographer. After this, she seems to return to reality, when she agrees to marry her boyfriend, however when she returns to acting out her fantasies, she ends up alienating everyone, including the boyfriend. With her parents dead, and deserted by friends, the police arrive at her house one night to check on a noisy party. Actually, there is no party - just Constance pretending to be the hostess of one. Censor Rating: PG - Review rating: B-

AVAILABILITY OF VHS OR DVD COPIES

No known sources for new copies in either PAL or NTSC VHS. Used PAL copies may be occationally found via ebay.
An R0 PAL DVD is available from Spain. It is presented 1.33:1 with Spanish 5.1 and the original English 2.0. It also has Spanish subtitles. It usually sells for about 8eur. One source is: the EBKDVD New Zealand page

As of February 2009, it is available on PAL R0 DVD, selling for about $15nz, but only from New Zealand sources.

Screenline of Auckland has the best prices for the older 'New Zealand Cinema' series of 28 titles on DVD - $10nz each.