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www.imdb.com/title/tt0102744/characters/nm0000624Quigley Down Under (1990) - Laura San Giacomo as Crazy Cora ...
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Crazy Cora : If you go after Marston, he'll kill you. Matthew Quigley : [addressing the baby Cora is holding] Kid, next time she talks like that, pee all over the dress. Crazy Cora : I remember once my Granddaddy told me how, when you're lost in the desert, you should sleep during the day and walk at night.
Dec 18, 2023 · The film explores themes of colonialism and Indigenous rights. Quigley Down Under raises important questions about the impact of European colonization on Indigenous peoples, adding depth and substance to the storyline.
From the onset of their meeting, Crazy Cora attaches to Quigley. She mistakes him for, or willingly imagines him to be, her ex-husband, Roy. Occasionally she will solicit sexual encounters with Quigley, which he does not take her up on.
As a kid, I loved the movie because it was "Magnum PI the Western (In Australia)" but now, upon re-watch, I really am enjoying the subtlety and depth of the character "Crazy Cora" and the excellent job the actress Laura San Giacomo did with it.
A British cavalry troop now arrives to arrest Quigley, until they notice the surrounding hills are lined with Aboriginal Australians and decide to withdraw. Later Quigley and Cora book a passage back to America in the name of Cora's husband, since Quigley is wanted.
After some macho silliness in the opening minutes, the story settles into a surprisingly evocative tale of Quigley, a sharpshooter who had come to the country to work for a land baron (Alan Rickman) and who is on the mend after a brutal attack.
She played Cynthia in the film Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989) for which she won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female, Kit De Luca in the film Pretty Woman (1990), Crazy Cora in the film Quigley Down Under (1990), Nadine Cross in The Stand (1994), and Maya Gallo on the sitcom Just Shoot Me!
