Via Satellite (1998)
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Danielle Cormack plays a dual role of twin sisters in this comedy drama from New Zealand. Chrissy Dunn (Cormack) exits the bed of a strange man while her twin sister, Olympic swimmer Carol (also Cormack), wins an major race and prepares to swim for the gold. Back home, TV director Brian Stanning… More Danielle Cormack plays a dual role of twin sisters in this comedy drama from New Zealand. Chrissy Dunn (Cormack) exits the bed of a strange man while her twin sister, Olympic swimmer Carol (also Cormack), wins an major race and prepares to swim for the gold. Back home, TV director Brian Stanning (Brian Sergent) spearheads a local TV station's plan for a satellite hook-up to reunite the entire dysfunctional Dunn family (including the widowed mother and two other sisters). Chrissy states her intention not to cooperate and finds that TV cameraman Paul (Karl Urban) is the stranger she slept with that night. Director Andrew McCarten made his directorial debut with this film, shown at the 1998 Melbourne Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
- Directed By
- Anthony McCarten
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Oct 15, 1998 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Burl Burlingame, Honolulu Star-Advertiser
An enormous Family Secret manages to suck the oxygen out of the room. Indeed, all the characters get the pinched, bloody-eyed look test animals get in pressure chambers.
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Cast
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Danielle Cormack
as Carol Dunn, Chrissy Dunn
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Timothy Balme
as Ken Thompson
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Rima Te Wiata
as Jen Thompson
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Brian Sergent
as Brian Stanning
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Jodie Dorday
as Lyn Dunn
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Karl Urban
as Paul
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Donna Akersten
as Joyce Dunn
