Palm Beach (film)

Palm Beach
Directed by	Albie Thoms
Produced by	Albie Thoms
Written by	Albie Thoms
Starring	Kenneth Brown Nat Young Bryan Brown
Music by	Terry Hannigan
Cinematography	Oscar Scherl
Edited by	Albie Thoms
Production company	Albie Thoms Productions
Distributed by	Albie Thoms
Release dates	6 March 1980
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	A$100,000[1]

Palm Beach is a 1980 Australian drama film directed by Albie Thoms. The stories involving surfing and drugs are followed in Sydney during 2 days. Thoms was nominated for an AFI award for Best Original Screenplay for the film.

Thoms had made a large number of experimental films but his was his first traditional feature.^[2]

Cast

• Kenneth Brown as Joe Ryan
• Nat Young as Nick Naylor
• Amanda Berry as Leilani Adams
• Bryan Brown as Paul Kite
• Julie McGregor as Kate O'Brien
• John Flaus as Larry Kent
• Bronwyn Steven-Jones as Wendy Naylor
• David Lourie as Zane Green
• Peter Wright as Rupert Robert

References

1. Geoff Gardner, "Palm Beach", Australian Film 1978-1992, Oxford Uni Press, 1993 p65
2. David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980 p280

• Murray, Scott; (ed.) (1994). Australian Cinema. St.Leonards, NSW.: Allen & Unwin/AFC. p. 282. ISBN 1-86373-311-6. Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)

External links

• Palm Beach at the Internet Movie Database
• Palm Beach at Oz Movies