
	Where results make sense

Topic: Looking for Alibrandi

In the News (Fri 17 Feb 12)

EXECUTIVE POWER

Iran

ANALYSIS

Pakistan

Family compact

	Looking for Alibrandi
		Looking for Alibrandi's critique of inequality and affirmation of Josie's upward mobility thus extends to ambivalence towards the reclaiming of the word "wog".
		Looking for Alibrandi's reversal of the relationship between the ethnic majority and the Italo-Australian minority is highlighted in Josie and Katia's relationships with non-Italian men.
		Looking for Alibrandi has in common with Clueless a teenage female protagonist, first-person narration that includes ironic commentary on the images, an upbeat depiction of the protagonist's acquisition of self-knowledge, an emphasis on contemporary urban settings and a tendency towards a comically exaggerated view of the social world of the school.
	www.latrobe.edu.au /screeningthepast/firstrelease/fr_19/LSfr19.html (6811 words)

	Looking For Alibrandi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Looking at the poster/video cover for Looking for Alibrandi, you would be forgiven for thinking it is a typical teen film - two teenagers in each other's arms, a "hip" soundtrack and a lead actress whose main claim to fame was a role on the cringeworthy teenybopper television show Neighbours.
		Josie Alibrandi (Pia Miranda) is torn between her two cultures.
		These are all the real teen issues, and Looking for Alibrandi at least has the guts to deal with them.
	www.moviemarshal.com /rv-alibrandi.html (486 words)

	Looking beyond Alibrandi - theage.com.au
		Whereas Alibrandi had an element of exploring Italian-Australian culture and Josie's place in it, Francesca is in a generation where race isn't so prominent, and where her mother, Mia, has a university degree.
		She started writing Looking for Alibrandi at the age of 21, while working in a bank.
		Her year 12 class is studying Looking for Alibrandi this year.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/03/27/1048653798346.html (1398 words)

	Alibrandi
		Since it publication in October of last year (1992), Melina Marchetta's debut Looking for Alibrandi has provoked widespread praise and affection remarkable for a young adult novel; the all-to-familiar story for authors and publishers of children's books is the long term struggle for recognition from the mainstream "literati".
		Much of the discussion of Alibrandi has centered around this portrayal of a multi-cultural Australia, although remarkably, the novel has managed to largely avoid the negative and superficial "issues" pigeon-holing so much realist fiction for young adults is victim to.
		Nevertheless, it is Josephine Alibrandi who is the novel's driving force, and who is, perhaps, largely responsible for the warm reception the book has received.
	www.misrule.com.au /alibrandi.html (2179 words)

	Looking for Alibrandi (2000) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Josie Alibrandi: Just let me check my bag for ID. I don't want to be named Jane Doe at the morgue.
		Pia Miranda is increadible as Josie Alibrandi and plays her role almost flawlessly, she steals the entire show.
		Looking for Alibrandi is a story about life, love and finding yourself and it is a credit to all those involved in it.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0217629 (516 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Looking for Alibrandi at Epinions.com
		Coming from a large close-knit Italian family is difficult enough, where she not only has to battle with the stigma of coming from a single parent household, but one where her father is a secret known only to herself and her mother.
		But instead of being the downtrodden child she follows in the Alibrandi tradition of strong-minded women and makes her own way in the world, even though everything she knows and understands is constantly changing.
		Looking for Alibrandi is a great coming of age drama which may well be overlooked as a film aimed solely at teen girls due to the subject matter, which would be a shame as it's a gem of a film that will be remember fondly.
	www.epinions.com /content_79908933252 (874 words)

	Looking for Alibrandi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Looking For Alibrandi is an internationally acclaimed novel and feature film, written by Melina Marchetta and published in October 1992.
		The novel and film is set in the 1990s, starring Australian talent, including Pia Miranda as Josephine Alibrandi, the film's main character, Anthony LaPaglia as her father, Michael Andretti, who left her and her mother at birth, and Kick Gurry as Josie’s love interest, Jacob Coote.
		"Looking For Alibrandi is an assured first film from tv director Kate Woods, giving its multicultural terrain the true respect and depth it deserves." [1]
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Looking_for_Alibrandi (511 words)

	Catherine Fry
		"Looking For Alibrandi" has been described as a 'chick film', and will appeal primarily to 14 to 19 year old girls, however will still be of interest to anyone who has been confused about their identity or their place in society.
		LaPaglia brings to "Looking For Alibrandi" a cool, controlled, and eventually touching portrayal as Josie's bewildered and surprised father, showing the audience just how human we all are in the face of a difficult situation, proving to us that adults as well as teenagers can be afraid and confused.
		It proves that a good looking film can indeed be produced on a somewhat small budget, and that it is certainly worth bankrolling a film with virtually unknown actors, a practice not common to cinema.
	wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au /ReadingRoom/film/dbase/2000/Alibrandi.html (2160 words)

	Looking for Alibrandi - CIA (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In fact, Looking for Alibrandi treats the teenagers as well as it does the adults: they have fears, desires, torments and suffer from the same misapprehensions as real people do.
		What's more, Looking for Alibrandi is so good that I recommend it to all schools as part of the English literature curriculum.
		Looking for Alibrandi is an excellent film that everyone will enjoy despite its lack of guns and explosions.
	thecia.com.au.cob-web.org:8888 /reviews/l/looking-for-alibrandi.shtml (770 words)

	Amazon.com: Looking for Alibrandi: Books: Melina Marchetta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This book is a realistic look at the life of 17 year old Josephine who just wants to complete her HSC and go to University and become a lawyer.
		Her life however is complicated by the fact that she is illegitimate and Italian/Australian so she is caught between two cultures and this is used as a weapon against her by some of her nasty classmates.
		Throughout Looking for Alibrandi, Josie is continually learning new things about herself and her family.
	www.amazon.com /Looking-Alibrandi-Melina-Marchetta/dp/0531301427 (1974 words)

	DVD.net : Looking For Alibrandi - DVD Review
		And look, all of them have been in one of the better Australian films of the past decade.
		The detail in the transfer is second to none, and the sharp picture is constantly beautiful to look at, due partly to Toby Oliver’s exquisite compositions.
		Looking For Alibrandi was one of the biggest box office releases for Australian cinemas (and filmmakers alike) in 1999, and is available on an awesome DVD full of fascinating features with a terrifically tantalising transfer.
	www.dvd.net.au /review.cgi?review_id=1986 (1607 words)

	Looking for Alibrandi - Christina Brooks - Movie Reviews - Gnomon Publishing
		Looking for Alibrandi is a coming of age film set in Sydney in 1999 that tells the story of Josie Alibrandi - a 17 year old Australian of Italian descent.
		Looking for Alibrandi has just the right mix of humour and drama to keep...
		I have to state that it is a ‘chick flick’, though, the males in the audience did laugh and cry too.
	www.gnomon.com.au /movies/christina-brooks/lookingforalibrandi.shtml (460 words)

	OtakuBoards - Looking for Alibrandi [E]
		All the topics had to do with the novel Looking for Alibrandi, which is by Melina Marchetta, and is one of the most well known Australian novels.
		A significant relationship is that between Josephine Alibrandi and her estranged father, Michael Andretti.
		Michael Alibrandi represents a hero type father figure throughout the novel, and the reader is positioned to see him as a strong, caring, sensitive and clever male role model.
	www.otakuboards.com /showthread.php?t=38408 (1143 words)

	Teaching Unit - Looking for Alibrandi
		Look at the lyrics of the Janis Ian song, ‘At Seventeen’.
		Josephine Alibrandi at seventeen is at a turning point in her life, a year where she discovers much about her family, her friends and herself.
		At the end of the novel, Josephine declares "the important thing is that I know where my place in life is" (Chapter 32, p.258).Write a detailed profile of your impressions of Josephine Alibrandi and the experiences that led to her self discovery and emancipation.
	www.discover.tased.edu.au /english/alibrandi.htm (1561 words)

	Looking For Alibrandi movie review, In Film Australia
		It’s not a bad effort, even if the first half of ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ demonstrates a good crackling pace and the second a rather flattened pace.
		The guy she wants is just out of her reach, then lately, way out of her reach, and the guy who wants her is keen for the feelings to be reciprocated.
		The mixture of two possible love interests gives ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ a slight edge on other squishy little heartthrob dramas, and it gets a nod of appreciation from me for not flatlining its characters into their social stereotypes -- they remain, as they should, like human beings.
	www.infilm.com.au /reviews/alibrandi.htm (588 words)

	Looking for Alibrandi
		Today I watched Looking for Alibrandi, which I've been wanting to see for a long time.
		Looking for Alibrandi was good; I've read the book about five times.
		I remember looking at the cover of Dolly, one of the few issues I looked at, and thinking how pretty she was.
	members.tripod.com /~Leto_chan/alibrandi.html (534 words)

	DVDown Under Review - Looking for Alibrandi
		Alibrandi novelist melina Marchetta took on the task of adapting her own novel into a screenplay for "janus" director Kate Woods and the result is a terrific little aussie film.
		Both a very nice looking vids and are 16x9 with 2 channel sound.
		Alibrandi is a terrific little Aussie film that did quite well at the box office and has been treated very nicely for it’s DVD release.
	dvdownunder.com.au /reviews/alibrandi.htm (796 words)

	Change and Its Relevance in "Looking for Alibrandi" and "Poisonwood Bible" Essay by Barbara Kingsolver \| Student Essays
		The subject of change is relevant and important, as it is crucial to the development, and continually present, in the lives of all human beings.
		Change is the process through which people or any life form adapt over time, in a voluntary or involuntary way, as a result of their environment, their perspective or themselves.
		The novels of `Looking for Alibrandi' by Melinda Marchetta and the `Poisonwood Bible' by Barbara Kingsolver compare and contrast on a number of different issues.
	www.bookrags.com /essay-2004/6/29/18653/0073 (239 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Melina Marchetta - Looking for Alibrandi at Epinions.com
		This novel Melina Marchetta is a debut novel for this author and it deals with a teenage Australian-Italian girl who lives with her mother in Sydney.
		Josephine Alibrandi (the protagonist) is in her final year of high school in a wealthy Catholic school.
		She is also the vice-captain of the school and is attending this school for one reason only, because she was awarded a scholarship.
	www.epinions.com /content_59435945604 (1066 words)

	DVD Times - Looking for Alibrandi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Although its subject matter — a teenage girl's coming of age — is certainly familiar, Looking for Alibrandi proves once again that you can make a film for and about teenagers with plenty of wit, style and intelligence.
		Roadshow's DVDs deservedly have a good reputation, and their release of Looking for Alibrandi, which is encoded for Region 4 only, certainly doesn't let the side down.
		Minor reservations apart, Looking for Alibrandi is a worthwhile film given an impressive DVD package.
	www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=11307 (1339 words)

	Looking for Alibrandi
		Looking for Alibrandi chronicles a year in the life of Josie Alibrandi, a third-generation Italian-Australian on the brink of adulthood.
		Brimming with warmth, humour and vitality, Looking for Alibrandi puts the desire to be independent against the need to belong, in a story that will appeal to all ages.
		The full screenplay and stills from the film are published here with an overview from Anna Maria Dell'oso and an essay from author Melina Marchetta about adapting her award-winning novel for the screen.
	www.currency.com.au /newsite/preview/alibrandi.htm (123 words)

	MMI Movie Review: Looking for Alibrandi
		LOOKING FOR ALIBRANDI is based on a novel of the same name by Melina
		The rest of the cast is enjoyable to watch, well suited for their roles, and skilled at acting.
		LOOKING FOR ALIBRANDI is very funny, but also filled with sound motherly wisdom.
	www.shoestring.org /mmi_revs/lookingforalibr-jk-182733012.html (395 words)

	eBay.co.uk - Alibrandi, Looking For Alibrandi, DVDs, DVD, Film TV items at low prices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		LOOKING FOR ALIBRANDI - DVD NEW AND SEALED REGION 0
		Looking For Alibrandi NEW AND SEALED REGION 0 DVD
		Looking for Alibrandi DVD Sealed - Anthony Lapaglia
	search.ebay.co.uk /Alibrandi_W0QQfclZ4QQfnuZ1 (355 words)

	Looking For Alibrandi: triple j film reviews
		Debuting some exciting first-time talent, Looking For Alibrandi is a fantastic new local film, based on Melina Marchetta's popular rites-of-passage novel.
		Torn between two guys on opposite sides of the fence, Josie's life gets even more complicated when she meets the father no-one else knew she had.
		Looking For Alibrandi is an assured first film from tv director Kate Woods, giving its multicultural terrain the true respect and depth it deserves.
	www.abc.net.au /triplej/review/film/s130454.htm (211 words)

	Memorable Quotes from Looking for Alibrandi (2000) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Josie Alibrandi: Dear Guiness Book of Records: I've just been out on a ten minute date.
		Josie Alibrandi: I didn't know you were political.
		Josie Alibrandi: I have the dubious honour of being Vice-Captain, which is kind of like being runner-up at the Miss Universe beauty pageant.
	us.imdb.com /title/tt0217629/quotes (576 words)

	Looking For Alibrandi movie Review at The Z Review UK movie review
		Looking For Alibrandi movie Review at The Z Review UK movie review
		This is film achieves several rare distinctions: it achieved success on its own home ground of Australia, it was both popular with the public and the critics, it translated well from the book of the same name and it had wonderful actors who worked together like a charm.
		This site has no intention to infringe on the rights of the film owners of Looking For Alibrandi and intellectual copyright holders of the movies mentioned herein and hold copyright over the movie, characters, merchandise and storyline.
	www.thezreview.co.uk /reviews/l/lookingforalibrandi.htm (398 words)

	MTV Movies \| Looking For Alibrandi \| Plot
		Josie (Pia Miranda) is the 17-year-old daughter of Christina Alibrandi (Greta Scacchi), a single mother and member of a large extended family of Sicilian immigrants living in Sydney, Australia.
		Meanwhile, the house is abuzz over a visit from Michael (Anthony LaPaglia), who Josie soon learns is Christina's old flame -- and her father.
		Looking for Alibrandi was based on a novel for young people by Melina Marchetta, which was a major best-seller in Australia.
	www.mtv.com /movies/movie/156367/plot.jhtml (436 words)

	Raving Reviews - Looking for Alibrandi (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		I would recommend the book because it's well written and could be enjoyed by teenage girls.
		Looking For Alibrandi is a sensitive, coming of age story about a young Australian/ Italian girl coming to terms with love, loss and grief.
		Josie is real as well as fun and bright, which holds the readers interest.
	hosted.ukoln.ac.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /stories/gallery/reviews/marchetta.htm (1032 words)

	Dark Horizons - Lots of Eye Candy
		Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Josephine Alibrandi is no stranger to conflict.
		: The best Aussie film DVD release yet, 'Alibrandi' on disc is chock full of extras along with a stellar film transfer print in both visual and audio that's as good as in the cinema - better in fact as this tale feels more suited to be watched in a home.
		Extras wise there's quite a few things, and while the menu is a little difficult to navigate, what's there is good including Lo-Tel & Killing Heidi music videos, a stills gallery, and the standard bios.
	www.darkhorizons.com /dvds/d-ali.htm (556 words)

	iFMagazine.com News - 'LOOKING FOR ALIBRANDI' TAKES AUSSIE AWARDS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		THE SKINNY: LOOKING FOR ALIBRANDI has been awarded top honors at the 2000 Australian Film Institute Awards (AFIs), announced in Sydney on Saturday (Nov. 18).
		First Look has acquired the U.S. rights to CHOPPER, which along with LOOKING FOR ALIBRANDI, was highly favored to take the main prize.
		The only other film to be honored in the competitive categories was the romantic comedy RUSSIAN DOLL (for which Lot 47 Films has US rights).
	www.ifmagazine.com /new.asp?article=1396 (261 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)