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Film Details - Palm Beach Pictures , 1982
Producers:
David Elfick
Richard Brennan
Production Companies:
Palm Beach Pictures
Finance Organisations:
Australian Film Commission
Director of Photography:
Russell Boyd
Editors:
Nicholas Beauman
Production Designers:
Brian Thomson
Composer:
Incl. Phil Judd, Andrew 'Greedy' Smith, Tim Finn and Denis Nattrass
Music:
Mark Moffatt (Music Director)
Soundtrack album released by Mushroom Records in 1982.
Cast:
Incl. Jo Kennedy (Jackie), Ross O'Donovan (Angus), Margo Lee (Pearl), Pat Evison (Nana), John O'May (Terry), Dennis Miller (Lou), Norm Erskine (Hazza), Ned Lander (Robbie), Max Cullen (Reg), Melissa Jaffer (Mrs Booth), The Swingers (Phil Judd, Dwayne Hillman and Ian Gilroy), Mark Little (Carl), Ian Spence (Spider), Kerry McKay, Peter Davies, Carol Burns, Max Simms, Pat Rooney, Vola Vandere, Lucky Grills, Syd Halen, Warren Lewis, Jamie Campbell, Ken Lambeth, Giselle Morgan.
Release Dates:
1. 8 April 1982 (Australia). Screened at the 1982 Toronto Film Festival (Canada). Premiered in the USA on 10 November 1982 (New York City).
2. Released by by Umbrella Entertainment on videocassette format in 1982 and on DVD format in 2004. Blue Underground released the film on DVD in the USA in 2005.
Location:
- Filmed on location in Sydney, including the Harbour View Hotel, Opera House, the Seymour Centre (University of Sydney).
Awards:
- Australian Film Institute Awards (1982), Best Costume Design - Luciana Arrighi and Terry Ryan (nomination)
- Australian Film Institute Awards (1982), Best Production Design - Brian Thomson (nomination)
- Australian Film Institute Awards (1982), Best Original Score - Phil Judd, Bill Miller, Dennis James and Mark Moffatt (nomination)
Notes:
1. Choreography by David Atkins
2. Musical sequences in the film are largely performed by Jo Kennedy, Ross O'Donovan, and The Swingers. Additional songs are performed by the bands Mental as Anything and Turnaround.
Settings:
- Sydney, New South Wales,
