1989 Australian film
| The Boys in the Island |
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| Directed by | Geoff Bennett |
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| Written by | Christopher Koch
Tony Morphett |
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| Based on | novel by Christopher Koch |
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| Produced by | Jane Scott |
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| Starring | Yves Stening |
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Production
company | Great Scott Pictures |
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Release date | |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
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| Country | Australia |
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| Language | English |
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Boys in the Island is a 1989 Australian film based on the 1958 novel by Chris Koch.[1]
Plot
In the 1950s teenage Frank dreams of leaving Tasmania for Melbourne.
Production
At one stage Gillian Armstrong had wanted to film the book and approached Koch to make it, but she then elected to make Mrs Soffel instead. Koch decided to make the film himself, and, bitten by his experiences on The Year of Living Dangerously, he decided to keep as much control as he could. He wrote a script with friend Tony Morphett and attached director Carl Schultz. Funds were raised through Antony I. Ginnane and his company, International Film Management Limited. They eventually pulled out but the investors elected to keep going. However, by then Schultz was tied up with post production on The Seventh Sign; four weeks before pre production Geoff Bennett stepped in instead.[2][3]
References
- ^ Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970–1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p. 20
- ^ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 pp. 171–172
- ^ Kathy Ball, "Boys in the Island", Cinema Papers, May 1989 pp. 37–38
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