Heavenly Creatures
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Heavenly Creatures is a 1994 New Zealand biographical crime drama film directed by Peter Jackson, from a screenplay he co-wrote with his partner, Fran Walsh. It stars Melanie Lynskey and Kate Winslet
Theatrical release poster
Peter Jackson, pictured in 2014
Melanie Lynskey, pictured in 2016
Peter Jackson's direction, as well as Melanie Lynskey and Kate Winslet's performances (both on their feature film role debut), received praise (Winslet, pictured in 2011).
Parker–Hulme murder case
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The Parker–Hulme murder case was the murder of Honorah Mary Rieper in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 22 June 1954. The perpetrators were Rieper's teenaged daughter Pauline Parker and her friend Juliet
Heavenly Creatures
…Winslet in their feature film debuts, with Sarah Peirse, Diana Kent, Clive Merrison, and Simon O'Connor in supporting roles. Based on the notorious Parker–Hulme murder case, Heavenly Creatures examines the relationship between two teenage girls—Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme—which culminates in the premeditated killing…
Deposition made by Herbert Rieper with regard to the estate of Honorah Mary Parker. As they were not married, her estate passed to her children.