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The Tale of Ruby Rose (1988) [PG]

Release Date:
May 25, 1988

Original Title:
The Tale of Ruby Rose

Genres:
Drama | Horror | Thriller

Production Companies:
FGH
Film Victoria
Hemdale
Seon Film Productions

Production Countries:
Australia

Ratings / Certifications:
US: PG 

Runtime: 100

Overview from TheMovieDB

The year is 1933. Ruby Rose (Melita Jurisic) is an Australian woman living with her Welsh immigrant husband Henry (Chris Haywood) in the Tasmanian highlands. Cut off from her superjudgmental family, for whom Henry had once worked as a humble farm hand, Ruby remains isolated in her tiny house. Superstitiously terrified of the dark, she begins developing her own folklore about the inky blackness that surrounds her each night; this folklore eventually develops into Ruby's own personal religion, created to ward off the evils that she imagines lurk in every corner. Only by venturing out of her house and rekindling her relationship with her embittered father is Ruby able to exorcise her fears. Almost hypnotic in its stark beauty, Tale of Ruby Rose is proof enough that writer/director Roger Scholes deserves to be far better known.

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Production

Associate Producer:
Ian Pringle

Casting:
Gregory Apps

Clapper Loader:
Adam Kropinski

Costume Design:
Helen Poynder

Director:
Roger Scholes

Director of Photography:
Steve Mason

Editor:
Roger Scholes

Executive Producer:
Basia Puszka
Antony I. Ginnane

First Assistant Director:
James Legge

Focus Puller:
John Platt

Makeup Artist:
Jane Burns

Music:
Paul Schutze

Producer:
Bryce Menzies
Andrew Wiseman

Production Design:
Bryce Perrin

Production Manager:
Christine Gallagher

Sound Effects Editor:
Roger Scholes
Paul Schutze

Sound Mixer:
Bruce Emery

Sound Recordist:
Robert 'Gotch' Cutcher

Steadicam Operator:
Harry Panagiotidis

Writer:
Roger Scholes

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