The Dark Room (1982 film)

The Dark Room
Directed by	Paul Harmon
Produced by	Tom Haydon
Written by	Michael Brindley Paul Harmon
Based on	an original idea by Paul Harmon
Starring	Svet Kovich Anna Jemison Alan Cassell
Release dates	1982
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	AU $1.2 million[1]

The Dark Room is a 1982 Australian thriller film directed by Paul Harmon, son of Bill Harmon.^[2][3]

Plot

Ray Sangster, a bored middle class man, has an affair with a younger woman, Nicky. Ray's son Mike discovers the affair and becomes obsessed with Nicky.

Production

Michael Brindley wrote a script based on a story by himself and Paul Harmon. Basil Appleby was originally meant to be producer but financiers Filmco did not want him to do the job and Malcolm Smith did it. Then Smith left and documentary producer Tom Haydon produced instead.^[1]

There was a two-week rehearsal period in which actors rewrote dialogue and treated Harmon badly. Three weeks into the seven week shoot the completion guarantors saw the footage and suggested Harmon be fired but the producer refused. Film editor Ron Adamson died and had to be replaced by Don Saunders.^[1]

Release

The film failed to obtain a cinema release.^[1]

References

1. David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p157-159
2. "Production Survey", Cinema Papers, October 1982 p456
3. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p35

External links

• The Dark Room at the Internet Movie Database
• Trailer at YouTube