Phobia (1988 film)

Phobia
Directed by John Dingwall
Produced by John Mandelberg
Written by John Dingwall
Starring Gosia Dobrowolska
Sean Scully
Release dates
 1988
Running time
 85 mins
Country Australia
Language English
Budget AU$120,000[1]

Phobia is a 1988 Australian film written and directed by John Dingwall.[2]

Production

Dingwall wanted to make the film for as low a budget as possible so wrote it around two characters and one location. He wrote the script in a week.[3]

Paul Thompson was meant to star opposite Gosia Dobrowolska but he dropped out of the project at the least moment and was replaced by Sean Scully. Dingwall mortgaged his house to pay for the budget himself. The film was shot over three weeks in February and March 1988 with a week of rehearsal using a young crew.[1]

Release

The film struggled to obtain a release.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p101-102
  2. ↑ Ross Harley, ""Phobia", Australian Film 1978-1992, Oxford Uni Press, 1993 p299
  3. ↑ Andrew L Urban, "John Dingwall: The Custodian", Cinema Papers, October 1993 p22-26

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