Talk:Looking for Alibrandi (film)

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''I'm going to bulk this up. A lot. I have an assesment task on 'Looking For Alibrandi', and writing a wikipedia article is good practice. Scalene 07:12, 19 April 2006 (UTC)''

How's the current version going? I like it, personally. But what about you? Scalene 08:14, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Propose a split
Can I propose that the article be split up into two separate articles, one concerning the book, and the other concerning the film? It seems that the article, while it begins to talk about the book, seems to switch confusingly between the two. --JB Adder | Talk 05:53, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Against. It would be simpler to split the article into two headings. And also, on a side note, the book is also part of QLD schools (at least, it's used at my school.) Scalene 11:08, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Yeah that needs to be done. If no one else does it, I will do it soon. Sunlc 01:40, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. A split would be good. -- Sarsaparilla39 06:25, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

I'm certain you already have noticed this, hence the discussion regarding an article split, but here are some of the things that are seemingly unprecise.

- Although the book was written, and thus set in the 1980's it was later adapted for film and set in the late nineties, early 'naughties'.

- In neither the book or film was Josie (Pia Miranda) abandoned by her father, Michael (Anthony La Paglia) at birth. Her mother, Christina (Greta Scacchi) and Michael had decided before he moved to Adelaide those 17 years ago, that the pregnancy would be aborted, however Christina, unbeknowns to Michael, changed her mind.

- In the film Josie did not hit Carly with a science text, but rather a history text titled, 'The Decline of the Roman Empire'. However, in the book, Josie hit Carly with a science text titled, 'Concepts of Science'.

Just to highlight some more differences (trivia) between the book and the film:

- In the film Josie's teacher and the school principal are the same person, whereas in the novel they are two different characters, Sister Gregory, and Sister Louise.

- In the novel Josie has three friends, Anna, Lee, and Sera, but in the film, the Character 'Lee' does not exist.

- In the book Josie attends St Martha's, which she mentions is in the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney). When Josie later phones Michael's office from school, she asks his secretary to "remind him it was St Martha's Darlinghurst and not St Matilda's Darling Point". Whereas in the film, she tells the secretary to remind Michael it is St Martha's Rosebay, and not St Matilda's Rosehill. The school scenes in the film were actually shot at Convent of the Sacred Heart, Rose Bay. Both the schools mentioned in the book and the film are fictional.

- In the book Josie has two enemies. The first is named Ivy, and is the school captain and intends to be a doctor. The second is Carly, and like in the film, she is the one Josie has an altercation with, resulting in Michael being called to the school. In the film Carly is an aspiring model, and the school captain. Furthermore, the film character Carly could be considered an amalgamation of the book characters Carly and Ivy.

- In the book Josie works at McDonalds, but in the film she works at Oporto.

Also, just by the way, Looking for Alibrandi - both the novel and the film are commonly used as high school English texts in many Australian states, and have been for over a decade.


 * Wow. You are amazing. I just read it quickly, but I didn't notice those details. Feel free to correct. Scalene 08:03, 6 July 2006 (UTC)


 * God know why people think the movie is so good. I read the book in class, it was ok, then we watched the movie which really disappointed me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Phil Ian Manning (talk • contribs) 04:10, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Encyclopaedic
The second paragraph needs some cleaning up to make it encyclopaedic. El T 01:03, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

Agreed. How is it now? Scalene 08:15, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

What IS the the "Alibrandi's secret"?
Quote from the article: "And she discovers the horrible secret about her family's past."

Yea, but what secret would that be? Please, I am not a native speaker of English and did not get it from the movie.

So what is the "secret of the Alibrandis"?


 * Easy. Her mother is also a love child - her Grandma had an affair. Scalene 08:49, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I am a native English speaker and it took me a few minutes to get it :P, I think a fluent Italian would be better... -D e on555talkReview 01:36, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

The plot synopsis
The plot synopsis is one of the book not the movie. I cant remember the movie that well so could someone fix it up. Evildoctorcow 03:35, 5 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Not True - Actually, it is a synopsis of the movie. They are similar, but there are some differences. Scalene 10:04, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

It says that John was Josie's sweetheart but this was never the case; rather, they were just good friends. Oranges91 04:25, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

John and Josie were more than good friends. There was a deep, unspoken attraction between them that was obvious to everyone around them. John's decision to commit suicide may have been due to the fact that he felt he could not act upon his desire to be with Josie becuase he felt it would not have been accepatable to his father and his social circle at large. John's suicide note read "If I could be what you want me to be I would, but I am what I am and all I want is freedom." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.84.137.123 (talk) 08:05, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

The way the current synopsis reads, it seems that Jacob Coote is simply a rebound from John's death. Josie and Jacob already have a relationship prior to John's suicide (in the movie), admittedly a tumultuous one, and John's death heightens Jacob's role as a supportive influence in Josie's life. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.174.96.144 (talk) 10:56, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

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Box Office
The box office earnings seem to be incorrect. For the film to have grossed $8,280,888,345 (this would be 8x as much as Titanic) every person in Australia (population approx 23,000,000) would have had to have spent $300 on the film. Additionally, the link that this figure uses as its source does not load on my computer. 110.175.83.233 (talk) 12:37, 6 June 2013 (UTC)