Dear Claudia

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Dear Claudia
Directed byChris Cudlipp
Written byChris Cudlipp
Produced by Jim McElroy
Starring Bryan Brown
Aleksandra Vujcic
Deborah Mailman
Rel Hunt
Distributed by United International Pictures [1]
Release date
  • 25 February 1999 (1999-02-25)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$3.53 million [2]
Box officeA$265,464 (Australia) [3]

Dear Claudia is a 1999 Australian romantic comedy.

Premise

A postman, Walter, and a woman, Claudia, are stranged on a tropical island after the postman's plane crashes in the ocean.

Contents

Cast

Production

It was shot on location on Brampton Island also in a small queensland country town called Clifton. Some locals have parts as extras in the film. [4]

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References

  1. "DEAR CLAUDIA". Australian Classification Board . Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  2. "Production Survey", Cinema Papers, May 1998 p60
  3. "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" at Film Victoria. Retrieved 12 November 2012
  4. Andrew L Urban, "DEAR CLAUDIA: ON LOCATION", Urban Cinefile. Retrieved 10 November 2012