Evil Angels

{{Infobox film | name = Evil Angels | image = EVILANGELS.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Fred Schepisi | producer = Verity Lambert | screenplay = Robert CaswellFred Schepisi | based_on = | starring = | music = Bruce Smeaton | cinematography = Ian Baker | editing = Jill Bilcock | distributor = Warner Bros. (United States)Roadshow Entertainment (Australia)Cannon Films (International) | released = | runtime = 121 minutes | country = Australia United States | language = English | budget = $15 million | gross = $6.9 million (United States)<ref>"Box Office Information for: 'A Cry in the Dark'. " Box Office Mojo. Retrieved: 14 April 2012.</ref> }}Evil Angels (released as A Cry in the Dark outside Australia and New Zealand) is a 1988 Australian drama film directed by Fred Schepisi. The screenplay by Schepisi and Robert Caswell is based on John Bryson's 1985 book of the same name. It chronicles the case of Azaria Chamberlain, a nine-week-old baby girl who disappeared from a campground near Uluru in August 1980, and the struggle of her parents, Michael Chamberlain and Lindy Chamberlain, to prove their innocence to a public convinced that they were complicit in her death. Meryl Streep and Sam Neill star as the Chamberlains. The film was released less than two months after the Chamberlains were exonerated by the Northern Territory Court of Appeals of all charges filed against them. The film received generally favourable reviews, with Streep's performance receiving high praise and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress, but was a box office disappointment, grossing only $6.9 million against its $15 million budget. Plot Seventh-day Adventist Church pastor Michael Chamberlain, his wife Lindy Chamberlain, their two sons, and their nine-week-old daughter Azaria are on a camping holiday in the Australian Outback. With the baby sleeping in their tent, the family enjoys a barbecue with their fellow campers when a cry is heard. Lindy returns to the tent to check and is certain she sees a dingo with something in its mouth running off as she approaches. When she discovers the infant is missing, everyone joins forces to search for her, without success.