| The Night the Prowler | |
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| Directed by | Jim Sharman |
| Written by | Patrick White |
| Produced by | Anthony Buckley |
| Starring | Ruth Cracknell John Frawley Kerry Walker |
| Cinematography | David Sanderson |
| Edited by | Sara Bennett |
| Music by | Cameron Allan |
Production companies | Chariot Films New South Wales Film Corporation |
| Distributed by | International Harmony (US) |
Release dates | 2 June 1978 (Sydney Film Festival) 15 June 1979 (Australia) |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | AU$417,000[1] |
The Night the Prowler (aka. Patrick White's The Night the Prowler) is a 1978 Australian film directed by Jim Sharman and written by Patrick White[2]. Ruth Cracknell was nominated in 1979 for an AFI Award for Best Actress in a Lead Role for her part.[3]
Paul Byrnes from Australian screen described:
The film is a savage satire on the neuroses of the privileged of Sydney’s eastern suburbs, where White lived, and the director Jim Sharman grew up. Much of the satire verges on invective, and the film was criticised for being ponderous, pretentious and condescending. Parts of it are like that – especially some of the dialogue – but the film also has some moments where everything works.[4]
Cast
- Ruth Cracknell as Doris Bannister
- John Frawley as Humphrey Bannister
- Kerry Walker as Felicity Bannister
- John Derum as John
- Maggie Kirkpatrick as Madge Hopkirk
- Terry Camilleri as The Prowler
- Harry Neilson as Old man
Production
Sharman had worked successfully with White directing the latter's play Season at Sarsaparilla. While doing that White suggested thought his book The Night the Prowler might make a film; Sharman agreed and White wrote a screenplay.[5]
The film was shot in November and December 1977.[6]
Release
The film was selected to open the 1978 Sydney Film Festival and was harshly received.[1]
References
- ^ a b David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980 p167-169
- ^ The Angus & Robertson Concise Australian Encyclopedaedia. North Ryde, Sydney, Australia: Angus & Robertson. 1983, second revision 1986. p. 505. ISBN 0-207-15305-1.
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- ^ The Night the Prowler at the Australian screen
- ^ Robyn Anderson & Sue Adler, "Jim Sharman", Cinema Papers, March-April 1979 p270
- ^ Anna Dzenis, "Patrick White's the Night the Prowler", Australian Film 1978-1992, Oxford Uni Press 1993 p46
- Murray, Scott (1994). Australian Cinema. St.Leonards, NSW.: Allen & Unwin/AFC. ISBN 1-86373-311-6.
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External links
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