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Jilted (film)

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Jilted
Directed byBill Bennett
Written byBill Bennett
Produced byBill Bennett
Jenny Day
StarringRichard Moir
Jennifer Cluff
Tina Bursill
Edited byDenise Hunter
Music byMichael Atkinson
Production
company
Mermaid Beach Productions
Distributed byThe Home Cinema Group (video)
Release date
  • 1987 (1987)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetAU$600,000[1]

Jilted is a 1987 film directed by Bill Bennett.[2]

Plot

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Two people who have had disastrous love affairs meet on a tropical island resort.

Cast

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Production

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b c David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p104-105
  2. ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p91
  3. ^ "Interview with Bill Bennett", Signet, 11 April 1996. Retrieved 17 November 2012
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