Jilted (film)

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
Edited by	Denise Hunter
Production company	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.

Cast

Richard Moir as Al
Jennifer Cluff as Harry
Steve Jacobs as Bob
Helen Mutkins as Cindy
Tina Bursill as Paula
Ken Radley as Doug

Production

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

External links

Jilted at IMDB

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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