Jilted (film)

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Jilted
Directed by Bill Bennett
Produced by Bill Bennett
Jenny Day
Written by Bill Bennett
Starring Richard Moir
Jennifer Cluff
Tina Bursill
Music by Michael Atkinson
Editing by Denise Hunter
Studio Mermaid Beach Productions
Distributed by The Home Cinema Group (video)
Release dates 1987
Running time 89 mins
Country Australia
Language English
Budget AU$600,000[1]

Jilted is a 1987 film directed by Bill Bennett.[2]

Plot

Two people who have had disastrous love affairs meet on a tropical island resort.

Production

The script was inspired by the break up of Bennett's first marriage. Half the budget was raised by a pre-sale to J.C. Williamson and the movie was shot on Fraser Island in February 1987, near Orchid Beach Resort.[1]

Release

The film was not released theatrically, despite Tina Burstill winning an AFI Award for Best Supporting Actress. It was released on video in 1989.[1]

Bill Bennett later said he feels the film was not as effective as it could have been, and together with the lack of success of Dear Cardholder led to him taking a break from making features for a number of years.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p104-105
  2. ↑ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p91
  3. ↑ "Interview with Bill Bennett", Signet, 11 April 1996 accessed 17 November 2012

External links

The Films of Bill Bennett
Features
Documentaries
  • The Cattle King (1983)
  • Shipwrecked (1984)
  • The Banjo & The Bard (1987)
  • The Chelmsford Scream (1990)
  • You Have No Secrets (1992)
  • The Gadfly - a Portrait of Francis James (1992) (producer only)
  • Last Man Hanged (1993) (producer only)
  • Bollywood Hero (2009)
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