Till There Was You (1990 film)

Till There Was You
Directed by John Seale
Produced by Hal and Jim McElroy
Written by Michael Thomas
Starring Mark Harmon
Jeroen Krabbe
Deborah Unger
Cinematography Geoffrey Simpson
Edited by Jill Bilcock
Production
company
Ayer Productions
Distributed by CIC (video)
Release dates
 1990
Running time
 90 minutes
Country Australia / United States
Language English
Budget A$13 million[1]

Till There Was You is a 1990 Australian film, written by Michael Thomas and directed by John Seale. Cast members included Mark Harmon, Martin Garner, Gregory T. Daniel, and Deborah Kara Unger. The film was shot on location in the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu.

The film's title is taken from the song "Till There Was You", written by Meredith Willson for his 1957 musical play The Music Man. Australian pop singer Kate Ceberano performed the song on the movie's soundtrack.

Plot

Frank Flynn is summonsed from New York by his brother Charlie to Vanuatu. He arrives only to find Charlie dead, and becomes involved with his late brother's partner, Viv, and Viv's unhappy wife, Anna.

Cast

Production

According to producer Jim McElroy, the aim of the movie was to make an adventure film in the style of Elephant Walk (1954) or To Have and Have Not (1944). It marked the directorial debut of highly regarded cinematographer John Seale.[2] Dennis Quaid was originally rumoured to play the lead.[3]

Half the budget was provided by the FFC, $6,326,711.[4]

The film was shot from 6 November 1989 to 19 January 1990.[1]

Release

The movie was not released theatrically.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Production Survey", Cinema Papers, March 1990 p73
  2. ↑ Andrew Urban, "Till There Was You", Cinema Papers, May 1990 p610
  3. ↑ "Paul Harris Reports", Cinema Papers, March 1989 p3
  4. ↑ Helen Barlow, "The Australian Film Finance Corporation", Cinema Papers, August 1991 p35
  5. ↑ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p153

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