(Study Guide Packaged In Black And White) Candy is the 2006 feature film version of the 1997 novel of the same name by Australian writer Luke Davies. It will appeal to senior secondary and tertiary students The study guide provides extensive discussion starters and activities to help students analyze the characters, narrative, and novel to film, production and specific key scenes in the film. As well as the major themes of addiction, drug use and drug culture, the laws relating to drug use and freedom and responsibility, students are encouraged to debate current societal issues relating to the legalization of drugs and the treatment of drug addicts. The guide asks students to think critically about how the filmmaker avoids the issue, that by using glamorous and popular actors he might also be glamorizing the subject matter of the film. Starring Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish, with Geoffrey Rush, the film could also be used as a study of Australian Film Culture.