| The FJ Holden | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Michael Thornhill |
| Produced by | Michael Thornhill |
| Written by | Terry Larsen |
| Starring | Paul Couzens Eva Dickinson Carl Stever Sigrid Thornton |
| Music by | Jim Manzie |
| Cinematography | David Gribble |
| Editing by | Max Lemon |
| Release date(s) | 29 April 1977 |
| Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
The FJ Holden is a 1977 Australian film directed by Michael Thornhill. The FJ Holden is a snapshot of the life of young teenage men in Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia in 1970s.
Debi Enker in Australian Cinema comments: "The FJ Holden presents the suburbs as a cultural and spiritual desert. It is a place where regular bouts with the bottle are the only antidote for lives without hope or direction."
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Kevin (Paul Couzens) and his best mate Bob (Carl Stever) drive around Sydney trying to pick up girls in Kevin's FJ Holden. When Kevin meets Anne (Eva Dickinson), she allows both men to have sex with her, but a relationship develops with Kevin. They go to restaurants, race cars, get drunk, but the romance falters as Kevin fails to maintain a mature relationship.
The FJ Holden grossed $710,000 at the box office in Australia,[1] which is equivalent to $3,266,000 in 2009 dollars.