Mull (film)

Mull
Directed by	Don McLennan
Written by	Bron Nicholls Jon Stephens
Produced by	Antony I. Ginnane Howard Grigsby
Starring	Nadine Garner Bill Hunter Sue Jones Mary Coustas Juno Roxas
Cinematography	Zbigniew Friedrich
Edited by	Zbigniew Friedrich
Music by	Michael Atkinson
Production company	Ukiyo Films
Distributed by	International Film Management World Releasing Inc
Release date	1988 (1988)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	A$3 million[1]

Mull is a 1988 Australian drama film directed by Don McLennan. The film is based on the popular 1986 book, Mullaway by Bronwen 'Bron' Nichols.^[2]

Plot

A sixteen-year-old teenage girl (Nadine Garner) is forced to care for her family, when her mother (Sue Jones) finds out she is dying of Hodgkin’s disease. The family consists of her father (Bill Hunter) a reformed alcoholic and recently born-again Christian, her heroin-dabbling closet gay older brother (Craig Morrison), and two trying younger siblings (Bradley Kilpatrick and Kymara Stowers) all packed into a rented flat in the Melbourne bayside suburb of St Kilda. She also has to deal with her pregnant Greek best friend (Mary Coustas), her yearnings for her brother’s lover (Juno Roxas) and her gay former schoolteacher plus his lover.

Cast

Main cast ^[3]

Actor/actress	Character
Nadine Garner	Phoebe Mullens
Bill Hunter	Frank Mullens
Sue Jones	Deborah Mullens
Craig Morrison	Steven Mullens
Bradley Kilpatrick	Allan Mullens
Kymara Stowers	Jodie Mullens
Dominic Sweeney	Jim
Juno Roxas	Guido
Esme Melville	Fanny
Gerard Maguire	Dr. Graham
Mary Coustas	Helen
Monty Maizels	Don
Nick Giannopoulos	George
David Cameron	Larry
Bruce Langdon	Paul
Vince Jones	jazz singer

Production

The film's budget was $3 million but McLennan says only $1.7 million went on the film, the rest went into fees.^[1]

Awards

Mull received six nominations at the 1988 Australian Film Institute Awards: 'Best Film', 'Best Director' (McLennan), 'Best Actress' (Garner), 'Best Supporting Actress' (for both Jones and Coustas) and 'Best Costume Design' (Jeanie Cameron). Nadine Garner winning the 'Best Actress' award.^[4]

The film was also screened at the 33rd Regus London Film Festival in 1989.^[5]

References

1. David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p363-364
2. Nichols, Bron (1986). Mullaway. Ringwood, Victoria: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-008440-1.
3. "Full cast and crew for". IMDb. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
4. "Former 'Henderson Kid' Nadine Garner is now one of nation's brightest talents". The Age. Sydney. 25 April 1989. p. 12. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
5. "33rd Regus London Film Festival". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2010.

External links

• Mull at IMDb
• Mullaway at Oz Movies