3 to Go

3 to Go
Title card
Directed by	Peter Weir ("Michael") Brian Hannant ("Judy") Oliver Howes ("Toula")
Produced by	Gil Brealey
Written by	Peter Weir ("Michael") Brian Hannent Bob Ellis ("Judy") Oliver Howes ("Toula")
Starring	Mathew Burton
Music by	Grahame Bond ("Judy") The Cleves ("Michael") Rory O'Donoghue ("Judy")
Cinematography	Kerry Brown
Edited by	Wayne Le Clos
Production company	Commonwealth Film Unit
Distributed by	British Empire Films
Release date	March 1971
Running time	89 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English

3 to Go is a portmanteau Australian film consisting of three stories, each presenting a young Australian at a moment of decision about their future. One of the stories was directed by Peter Weir.

Plot

Michael - Michael faces a choice between his wealthy middle class parents and a group of pot smoking radicals.
Judy - a teenage country girl goes to the city despite opposition of her parents and boyfriend.
Toula - a Greek girl falls for an Australian boy despite the opposition of her family.

Cast

Michael

Matthew Burton as Michael
Grahame Bond as Grahame
Peter Coville as Neville Trantor
Georgina West as Georgina
Betty Lucas as mother
Judy McBurney as Judy

Judy

Judy Morris as Judy
Serge Lazareff as Mike
Mary Ann Severne as Margaret
Gary Day as David
Penny Ramsey as Heather
Wendy Playfair as mother
Brian Anderson as father
Cliff Neale as Mr Vickery

Toula

Rita Ioannou as Toula
Erica Crowne as Assimina
Andrew Pappas as Stavros
Joe Hasham as John
Gabriel Battikha as Nick
Ther Coulouris as father
Ketty Coulouris as mother
Yaya Laudeas as grandmother

Production

Michael was shot in late 1969 on 16mm but blown up to 35mm. The others were filmed in early 1970 on 35mm.^[1]

Release

The film was shot first on commercial television in March 1971 and episodes screened individually in cinemas as supporting shorts.

References

↑ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998 p254-255

External links

3 to Go on IMDb
Michael at Oz Movies
Toula at Oz Movies
Judy at Oz Movies
3 to Go at Oz Movies
Full copy of Michael at A Place to Call Home ABC

Films directed by Peter Weir

3 to Go (1971)
Homesdale (1971)
Whatever Happened to Green Valley? (1973)
The Cars That Ate Paris (1974)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
The Last Wave (1977)
The Plumber (1979)
Gallipoli (1981)
The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
Witness (1985)
The Mosquito Coast (1986)
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Green Card (1990)
Fearless (1993)
The Truman Show (1998)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
The Way Back (2010)

AACTA Award for Best Film
1958–1975	Conquest of the Rivers / Hard to Windward (1958) Edge of The Deep / The Power Makers (1959) Three in a Million (1960) Not awarded (1961) Bypass to Life / Night Freighter (1962) The Land That Waited (1963) The Dancing Class / I, the Aboriginal (1964) The Legend of Damien Parer / Stronger Since The War (1965) Concerto for Orchestra (1966) Cardin in Australia (1967) The Change at Groote / The Talgai Skull (1968) Jack and Jill: A Postscript (1969) Three To Go: Michael (1970) Homesdale (1971) Stork (1972) Libido: The Child / 27A (1973) Sunday Too Far Away (1974/75)
1976–2000	The Devil's Playground (1976) Storm Boy (1977) Newsfront (1978) My Brilliant Career (1979) Breaker Morant (1980) Gallipoli (1981) Lonely Hearts (1982) Careful, He Might Hear You (1983) Annie's Coming Out (1984) Bliss (1985) Malcolm (1986) The Year My Voice Broke (1987) The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey (1988) Evil Angels (1989) Flirting (1990) Proof (1991) Strictly Ballroom (1992) The Piano (1993) Muriel's Wedding (1994) Angel Baby (1995) Shine (1996) Kiss or Kill (1997) The Interview (1998) Two Hands (1999) Looking for Alibrandi (2000)
2001–present	Lantana (2001) Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) Japanese Story (2003) Somersault (2004) Look Both Ways (2005) Ten Canoes (2006) Romulus, My Father (2007) The Black Balloon (2008) Samson and Delilah (2009) Animal Kingdom (2010) Red Dog (2011) The Sapphires (2012) The Great Gatsby (2013) The Babadook / The Water Diviner (2014) Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

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