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Antonia "Toni" Collette (born 1 November 1972) is an Australian actress and musician, known for her acting work on stage, television and film as well as a secondary career as the lead singer of the band Toni Collette & the Finish.
Collette's acting career began in the early 1990s with comedic roles in films such as Spotswood (1992) and Muriel's Wedding (1994), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. Following her performances in Emma (1996) and The Boys (1998), Collette achieved international recognition as a result of her Academy Award-nominated portrayal of Lynn Sear in The Sixth Sense (1999). She has appeared in thrillers such as Shaft (2000) and Changing Lanes (2002) and independent comedy films like About a Boy (2002), Connie and Carla (2004), In Her Shoes (2005) and Little Miss Sunshine (2006).
In 2009, she began playing the lead role in the television series United States of Tara, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy in 2010.
Lewis is a young Sydney amateur theater director at his first experience: he is offered a job with a Governmental program for the rehabilitation of mentally ill patients in a Sydney institution for mentally ill. His project is overrun by one of the patients Roy who wants to put on stage Cosi Fan Tutte (Mozart). None of the patients in the cast is able to sing and none of them knows Italian which is the language of the libretto. Through a lot of difficulties Lewis and his cast develop a deep understanding. The play smartly adapted for the unusual cast is finally produced: lots of unforeseen situations solved 'a la crazy way'but indeed brilliantly. Great success and sad farewell of the director from his cast.
Keywords: 1970s, accordion, acrobat, acting, actor, actress, affair, amateur-theater, amphitheater, animal-cruelty
Roy: We're going to do "Cosi Fan Tutte", the opera.::Doug: What, Little Richard wrote an opera? Tutti Fruiti the opera?::Roy: It's an opera by Mozart, you low life.
Roy: Couldn't direct a nymphomaniac to a stag night.
Cherry: This is just another battle of the sexes.::Roy: Oh, I suppose so... If you could describe the Crusades as a sightseeing lark on the way to Jerusalem!::Doug: Oh, please, someone give him some lithium!
Cherry: [to Doug] Go burn a cat.::[she exits]::Lewis: Why are they always saying that?::Doug: That's what I did.::Lewis: Burned a cat?::Doug: No, CATS. See mum had five cats, and me and mum we'd been having some... differences. So one night I rounded 'em up, put 'em in a cage, doused 'em with petrol and put a match to 'em!::[Lewis chuckles, thinking it's a joke. Doug grins and laughs]::Doug: Heh-heh! Funny, eh?::[He sits next to Lewis]::Doug: Then, I opened up the cage door and I let 'em run loose. Welllll, what a racket. They were runnin' round the backyard, burnin' and howlin'.::[He gives a psychotic little laugh]::Doug: No such thing as grace under pressure for a burning cat, lemme tell ya. Then, me mum came outside to see what was happenin'? Darn near freaked out she did. See, I figured I'd wait a couple of hours till the cats were dead and mum was feeling a bit sorry for herself, and I'd go up to the front door and I'd knock on it and I'd say, "Hi, Mum! I'm here to talk about our unresolved conflicts."::Doug: But oh no, One of those FUCKING cats ran into the house; a couple of minutes the whole bloody house was on fire. Within half an hour there was no front door to knock on.::Doug: Yeah, if it wasn't for that damn cat, I wouldn't be in here.
Cherry: Will outsiders see the show?::Lewis: Don't know.::Cherry: If it's a real large role, I'll invite my dad. He'll be surprised to see me out of water. [Lewis just looks at her]::Cherry: My dad was a great duck hunter. But we were very poor and couldn't afford a dog, so... He used to get me to point and fetch the ducks. [pause] Those lakes can get pretty cold when you're swimmin' in 'em with a dead duck in your mouth. [Lewis gapes]::Cherry: Haa! Just pullin' your leg!
Roy: I know you can take criticism Jerry, because you must get a lot of it!
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Genres: Adult,