Evil Angels (film)
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| Directed by | Fred Schepisi |
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| Based on | Evil Angels by John Bryson |
| Produced by | Verity Lambert |
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| Cinematography | Ian Baker |
| Edited by | Jill Bilcock |
| Music by | Bruce Smeaton |
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Running time | 121 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $15 million |
| Box office | $6.9 million (United States) |
Evil Angels (released as A Cry in the Dark outside Australia and New Zealand) is a 1988 drama film directed by Fred Schepisi. The screenplay by Schepisi and Robert Caswell is based on John Bryson's 1985 book of the same name. It chronicles the case of Azaria Chamberlain, a nine-week-old baby girl who disappeared from a campground near Uluru in August 1980, and the struggle of her parents, Michael Chamberlain and Lindy Chamberlain, to prove their innocence to a public convinced that they were complicit in her death. Meryl Streep and Sam Neill star as the Chamberlains.
The film was released less than two months after the Chamberlains were exonerated by the Northern Territory Court of Appeals of all charges filed against them. The film received generally favourable reviews, with Streep's performance receiving high praise and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress, but was a box office disappointment, grossing only $6.9 million against its $15 million budget.