Wrong World

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Wrong World
Directed by Ian Pringle
Produced by Bryce Menzies
Written by Doug Ling
Ian Pringle
Starring Richard Moir
Jo Kennedy
Nick Lathouris
Robbie McGregor
Esben Storm
Music by Eric Gradman
Dave Cahill
Rick Rischbieth
Cinematography Ray Argall
Editing by Ray Argall
Release dates February 1985 (Berlin International Film Festival)
3 April 1986 (Australia)
Running time 97 minutes
Country Australia
Language English
Budget A$600,000[1]
Box office A $17,213 (Australia)

Wrong World is a 1985 Australian film directed by Ian Pringle. It was filmed in Nhill and Melbourne in Victoria, Australia.[2]

Plot

David (Richard Moir), a disillusioned doctor, travels with a junkie female (Jo Kennedy) who has her own problems, across the state of Victoria.

Cast

Production

The film was made with a grant of more than $100,000 from Film Victoria and an Australian Film Commission distribution guarantee.[1]

Box Office

Pringle struggled to find a distributor and wound up distributing the movie himself with a grant from the AFC.[3] Wrong World grossed $17,213 at the box office in Australia.[4]

Awards and nominations

At the 35th Berlin International Film Festival in 1985, the Silver Bear for Best Actress went to Jo Kennedy and Ian Pringle was nominated for a Golden Bear.[5] At the AFI Awards Ray Argall was nominated in the Best Achievement in Cinematography category.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 John O'Hara, "The Films of Ian Pringle", Cinema Papers, Feb-March 1985 p16-21
  2. ↑ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p157
  3. ↑ Paul Byrnes, "Making the Most on a Shoe String", Sydney Morning Herald, 15 May 1986 p18 accessed 21 November 2012
  4. ↑ Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office
  5. ↑ "Berlinale: 1985 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 13 January 2011. 
  6. ↑ IMDb - awards

Further reading

  • Murray, Scott; (ed.) (1994). Australian Cinema. St.Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin/AFC. p. 314. ISBN 1-86373-311-6. 

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