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form y separately published work icon The Club single work   film/TV  
Adaptation of The Club David Williamson , 1976 single work drama
Issue Details: First known date: 1980... 1980 The Club
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Volatile relationships affect the success of an Australian Rules football club when the coach, a former star player, tries to stop big business taking over the management and training of his team. His aggressive resistance leads to his loss of control of the club.
Source: National Film & Sound Archive

Works about this Work

The Club Kylie Maslen , 2022 single work essay
— Appears in: Melbourne on Film : Cinema That Defines Our City 2022;
Classics Worth Re-Catching : The Club (1980) Erin Free , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: FilmInk , 29 September 2016;
The Club Rewatched – Insult-lathered Satire of Grubby Aussie Rules Politics Luke Buckmaster , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 4 October 2015;

— Review of The Club David Williamson , 1980 single work film/TV
The Club Julian Buckeridge , 2012 single work essay
— Appears in: World Film Locations : Melbourne 2012; (p. 50-51)
y separately published work icon Bruce Beresford : Instincts of the Heart Peter Coleman , Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1992 Z502765 1992 single work criticism
Untitled K. Connolly , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: Cinema Papers , no. 29 1980; (p. 377-378)

— Review of The Club David Williamson , 1980 single work film/TV
Untitled Paul Heinrichs , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: The National Times , 7-13 September 1980; (p. 34-36)

— Review of The Club David Williamson , 1980 single work film/TV
Untitled John Hindle , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: The National Times , 21-27 September 1980; (p. 37)

— Review of The Club David Williamson , 1980 single work film/TV
Untitled B. Lowe , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: Campaign , no. 58 1980; (p. 37)

— Review of The Club David Williamson , 1980 single work film/TV
A Story of Sport, but Too Much Talk Sandra Hall , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 30 September vol. 101 no. 5231 1980; (p. 102)

— Review of The Club David Williamson , 1980 single work film/TV
Interview by Neil McDonald and Peter Gerdes 1979 single work interview
— Appears in: The Australian Journal of Screeen Theory , no. 7 1979; (p. 138-147) David Williamson 1988; (p. 98-106)
David Williamson : Plays into Films Cecilia Rice , 1981 single work criticism
— Appears in: Cinema Papers , no. 32 1981; (p. 123-127)
'What happens to a playwright's style when he turnes scriptwriter and adapts his own works. David Williamson has written the screenplays for four film adaptations, but they were directed by three people who interpreted the elements of his style quite differently.' (Cecilia Rice).
y separately published work icon Bruce Beresford : Instincts of the Heart Peter Coleman , Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1992 Z502765 1992 single work criticism
The Club Julian Buckeridge , 2012 single work essay
— Appears in: World Film Locations : Melbourne 2012; (p. 50-51)
Classics Worth Re-Catching : The Club (1980) Erin Free , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: FilmInk , 29 September 2016;
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