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Alternative title: The Efficiency Expert
Issue Details: First known date: 1992... 1992 Spotswood
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Spotswood, a small moccasin factory controlled by Mr Ball, is slowly declining as a profit-making organisation. This friendly but financially imperilled 'home-away-from-home' for a number of likeable, slightly off-kilter employees is suddenly faced with unexpected disruption when a time-and-motion expert is brought in.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1992

Works about this Work

Spotswood Glenn Dunks , 2012 single work essay
— Appears in: World Film Locations : Melbourne 2012; (p. 80-81)
Thematising the Global : Recent Australian Film Tanya Dalziell , Tony Hughes-d'Aeth , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Post Script , Winter-Summer vol. 24 no. 2-3 2005; (p. 109-121)
[Review] Spotswood [and] Cosi Jonathan Dawson , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 30 1997; (p. 123-127)

— Review of Spotswood Max Dann , Andrew Knight , 1992 single work film/TV ; Cosi Louis Nowra , 1996 single work film/TV
Now in a Starring Role at Your Favourite Local Bookseller Giles Hugo , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Saturday Mercury , 4 April 1992; (p. 22)
Current Australian Films Showcase a Resurgent Industry Helen Seidel , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 5 February 1992; (p. 25)
[Review] Spotswood [and] Cosi Jonathan Dawson , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 30 1997; (p. 123-127)

— Review of Spotswood Max Dann , Andrew Knight , 1992 single work film/TV ; Cosi Louis Nowra , 1996 single work film/TV
Hopkins, and Some Timeless Home Truths David Stratton , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 25-26 January 1992; (p. rev 9)

— Review of Spotswood Max Dann , Andrew Knight , 1992 single work film/TV
Heaven is a Shoe Factory in this Heartfelt Comedy 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 1 February 1992; (p. 4)

— Review of Spotswood Max Dann , Andrew Knight , 1992 single work film/TV
Messy Collage of Fact and Fiction Neil Jillett , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 23 January 1992; (p. 14)

— Review of Spotswood Max Dann , Andrew Knight , 1992 single work film/TV
Feel-Good Movie, but Lacks Drama, Tension Dougal Macdonald , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 22 February 1992; (p. C6)

— Review of Spotswood Max Dann , Andrew Knight , 1992 single work film/TV
Current Australian Films Showcase a Resurgent Industry Helen Seidel , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 5 February 1992; (p. 25)
Now in a Starring Role at Your Favourite Local Bookseller Giles Hugo , 1992 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Saturday Mercury , 4 April 1992; (p. 22)
Spotswood Glenn Dunks , 2012 single work essay
— Appears in: World Film Locations : Melbourne 2012; (p. 80-81)
Thematising the Global : Recent Australian Film Tanya Dalziell , Tony Hughes-d'Aeth , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Post Script , Winter-Summer vol. 24 no. 2-3 2005; (p. 109-121)

Awards

1991 nominated Australian Film Institute Awards Best Film
1991 nominated Australian Film Institute Awards Best Original Screenplay
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  • Melbourne - West, Melbourne, Victoria,
  • 1960s
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