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Suzanne Carbone, The Age, reports
Jacki Weaver, the actor who proves that being
a mature-age woman isn't a hindrance to Hollywood acclaim, can't put a foot
wrong. She is starring in the Sydney Theatre Company's production of Uncle Vanya in New York
with Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving and Richard Roxburgh,
with critics hailing the cast as ''uniformly brilliant''.
Far from turning up her nose at smaller
projects after winning international acclaim for her role in Animal Kingdom, Weaver
plays the lead role in a short film called Lois
- and, to be precise, it's eight minutes long. Written, produced and directed
by Alexandra Schepisi, daughter of Fred Schepisi, the film is the shortest of the shorts
screening at the Melbourne International Film Festival's ''Australian Shorts''
program.
With runny mascara smudged under Weaver's
eyes for the film's poster, the scene is set for Lois to be ''tipped over the
edge'' after receiving a letter. Weaver won't be at Russell Street's Greater
Union cinema on August 11 for the screening because she will be in the US
filming Labor Day,
a drama starring luminaries Tobey Maguire, Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin.
Schepisi will have her day of labour because she's expecting her first child
with husband Jeremy Rouse.
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