Flashpoint (1972 film)

Flashpoint
Directed by Brian Hannant
Produced by Gil Brealey
Written by Brian Hannant
Harold Lander
Starring Serge Lazareff
Cinematography Kerry Brown
Edited by Wayne Le Close
Production
company
Release dates
  • 1972 (1972)
Running time
56 minutes
Country Australia
Language English

Flashpoint is a 1972 Australian film.

Plot

David moves to a mining town in northwest Australia. He befriends a veteran worked for the mining company, Foxy, and his wife Vicky. Vicky and David become friends, making Foxy jealous.

Cast

Production

Film Australia were inspired to make further drama productions following the success of Three to Go (1970). They originally planned to make two films with common characters and opening scenes about the separate experiences of a father and son - the father would be a tradesman cop gin with unemployment at middle age while the son faces a new job. The film about the father, written by Frank Moorhouse, was abandoned but the other film became Flashpoint.[1]

Filming took place in the mining town of Mount Newman. Brian Hannant spent several weeks working among mining crews incognito, then developing a script with Frank Hardy and, later, British TV writer Harold Lander.[1]

A subplot was written and shot where David had an affair with kindergarten teacher played by Kirrily Nolan. This was cut to keep the running time down.[1]

Release

The film was distributed widely through non-commercial libraries in Australia and screened on television in 1973.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998 p268

External links

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