Initiation (film)

Initiation
Directed by Michael Pearce
Produced by Jane Ballantyne
executive
Antony I. Ginnane
Written by James Barton
Based on original idea by Michael Pearce
Starring Bruno Lawrence
Rodney Harvey
Miranda Otto
Production
company
International Film Management
South Australian Film Corporation
Distributed by Goldfarb
Release dates
1987
Running time
88 mins
Country Australia
Language English
Budget A$3 million[1]

Initiation is 1987 Australian film.[2]

Plot

Danny Molloy arrives in Adelaide to visit his father who he has not seen in ten years. He then crashes in a rain forest.

Production

The film was shot in Adelaide and the Blue Mountains.[3] It was completed in January 1987.

Release

The film was pre-sold to US distributor Goldfarb for $850,000 but Goldfarb later backed out of this commitment claiming they did not have the money.[4][5]

References

  1. "Australian Productions Top $175 million", Cinema Papers, March 1986 p64
  2. David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p90-91
  3. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p86
  4. GOLDFARB RENEGES ON PRE-SALE DEBT By MARK LAWSON Australian Financial Review 28 April 1988 p 36
  5. TAX CONCESSIONS ARE GOOD, BUT FILMS CARRY RISK AS WELL by Anne Lampe Sydney Morning Herald 15 July 1987 p 26

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