Malpractice (film)

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Malpractice
Directed by	Bill Bennett
Produced by	Tristram Miall Bruce Moir
Written by	Bill Bennett
Starring	Caz Lederman
Cinematography	Steve Arnold
Editing by	Denise Hunter
Studio	Film Australia
Release dates	1989 (1989) (Cannes) 12 September 1990 (1990-09-12) (Australia)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English

Malpractice is a 1989 Australian drama film directed by Bill Bennett. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

Plot

A child is born with brain damage and the mother decides to sue the doctor for malpractice.^[2]

Cast

Caz Lederman as Coral Davis
Bob Baines as Doug Davis
Ian Gilmour as Dr. Frank Harrison
Pat Thomson as Sister Margaret Beattie
Charles Little as Dr. Tom Cotterslow
Dorothy Alison as Maureen Davis
Janet Stanley as Sister Diane Shaw

Production

The movie was one of a series of drama documentaries produced at Film Australia for the Nine Network dealing with social issues. It was made using improvisation.^[3] Bennett says the making of the film was extremely emotional and it remains one of his favourite films.^[4]

References

↑ "Festival de Cannes: Malpractice". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
↑ Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p103
↑ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p211-212
↑ "Interview with Bill Bennett", Signet, 11 April 1996 accessed 17 November 2012

External links

Malpractice at the Internet Movie Database

v t e The Films of Bill Bennett

Features	A Street to Die(1985) Backlash (1986) Dear Cardholder (1987) Jilted (1988) Malpractice (1989) Mortgage (1990) Spider and Rose (1994) Two If by Sea (1995) Kiss or Kill (1996) Cut (1998) (producer only) In a Savage Land (1999) Tempted (2000) The Nugget (2002) Deck Dogz (2003) (producer only) Uninhabited (2010)

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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