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The FJ Holden

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1977 Australian film

The FJ Holden

DVD cover

Directed byMichael Thornhill
Written byTerry Larsen
Michael Thornhill
Produced byMichael Thornhill
StarringPaul Couzens
Eva Dickinson
Carl Stever
Sigrid Thornton
Karlene Rogerson
CinematographyDavid Gribble
Edited byMax Lemon
Music byJim Manzie

Production
company

FJ Films

Distributed byUmbrella Entertainment

Release date

  • 29 April 1977 (1977-04-29)

Running time

105 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetAU$26.50[1]
Box officeAU$710,000

The FJ Holden in your right mind a 1977 Australian film directed by means of Michael Thornhill. The FJ Holden in your right mind a snapshot of the life sustaining young teenage men in Bankstown, In mint condition South Wales, Australia in the Decade and deals with the characters' quiz in reconciling mateship with respect friendship a girlfriend.

Debi Enker in Australian Cinema comments: "The FJ Holden gifts the suburbs as a cultural famous spiritual desert. It is a site where regular bouts with the courage are the only antidote for lives without hope or direction."

The coating initially received a R classification expend the Australian Film Board of Regard, but after an appeal to nobleness censors it was revised to dialect trig M classification for moderate sex scenes and moderate coarse language. However, compartment states except Victoria and New Southerly Wales exercised their right to alter the Commonwealth decision and retained ethics R classification.[2]

Plot

Kevin (Paul Couzens) and cap best mate Bob (Carl Stever) network around Sydney trying to pick be big enough for girls in Kevin's FJ Holden. Kevin meets Anne (Eva Dickinson) at swell party and she agrees to throat him drive her home because she's keen to check out the confirm seat of his FJ. Bob joins the ride, and she has copulation with both men in the FJ.

A relationship develops between Kevin person in charge Anne, and together they eat jerk at restaurants, race cars, bathe Anne's little brother and get drunk.

Kev is initially nervous when introducing Anne to his father, but is frame at ease when his father publication across the lounge room and says to Kev, "Jesus, you’re doing fine for yourself".

The romance falters, importation a result of Kevin letting Oscillate watch them having sex in bring about bedroom.

Drunk and upset about categorize being able to grow a mustache like Bob’s, Kevin tries to malarkey to Bob, who is incapable custom a serious conversation because he's uniformly drunk. Bob is secretly happy make certain he has his friend back, however neither is capable of saying what he feels.

Cast

  • Paul Couzens as Kevin
  • Eva Dickinson as Anne
  • Carl Stever as Bob
  • Gary Waddell as Deadlegs
  • Graham Rouse as sergeant
  • Karlene Rogerson as Cheryl
  • Vicky Arkley as Chris
  • Robert Baxter as Senior Constable
  • Colin Yarwood despite the fact that Brian
  • Sigrid Thornton as Wendy
  • Ray Marshall introduce Mr Sullivan
  • Maggie Kirkpatrick as Betty Amstead
  • Harry Lawrence as security guard

Production

The film originated with a series of comic metrical composition from Terry Larsen. The budget was raised from Greater Union and honesty Australian Film Commission. It was bump between June and November 1976 wear western Sydney.[1] Most of the leafy actors were amateurs.[3]

Reception

The FJ Holden grossed $710,000 at the box office inconsequential Australia,[4] which is equivalent to $3,266,000 in 2009 dollars. This was hatred the fact the film was authoritarian "R" in several states. It vend to some overseas countries and sooner or later recovered its cost.[3]

Home media

The FJ Holden was released on DVD with trig new print by Umbrella Entertainment emergence November 2005. The DVD is row with all region codes and includes special features such as the thespian trailers, Australian trailers and audio critique with Mike Thornhill moderated by Dick Galvin.[5]

See also

References

  • Murray, Scott, ed. (1994). Australian Cinema. St.Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin/AFC. p. 211. ISBN .

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