Heroin Addiction Movie Candy Opens Friday, December
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Every so often, a movie about drug addiction pops up and demands
that we take notice. The movie, "Candy" about a heroin-addicted
couple played by Australians Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish is just
such a movie.
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for his role as the stoic cowboy in "Brokeback Mountain"
and Abbie Cornish for her roles in "Somersault" and
"A Good Year" play a young, married couple who stoop
to new lows to feed their habits.
Begging, borrowing and stealing the couple toss self-worth
aside in order to feed the beast. In one scene, Candy (played
by Cornish) prostitutes herself for the first time and her
husband is seemingly Okay with the purposeful infidelity.
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The movie, "Candy" is based on Luke Davies' semiautobiographical
book and was on the movie set in an advisory role. Instead of a
movie glorifying a particular lifestyle of excess, "Candy"
is more a cautionary tale conveying a strong message to the audience
while entertaining at the same time.
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