Literary Adaptations Australia (Vol. 2) - 5-DVD Set ( Puberty Blues / Monkey Grip / Don's Party / Dimboola / The Fringe Dwellers )

Literary Adaptations Australia (Vol. 2) - 5-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Puberty Blues / Monkey Grip / Don's Party / Dimboola / The Fringe Dwellers
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Australian Film Institute
Berlin International Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
461 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Biographies
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1976 - 1986 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Bruce Beresford
Ken Cameron
John Duigan

Written By:
Gabrielle Carey
Margaret Kelly
Ken Cameron
Helen Garner
David Williamson
John Hibberd
John Power
Bruce Beresford
Rhoisin Beresford

Actors:
Nell Schofield ..... Debbie Vickers
Jad Capelja ..... Sue Knight
Geoff Rhoe ..... Garry
Tony Hughes ..... Danny
Sandy Paul ..... Tracy
Leander Brett ..... Cheryl
Jay Hackett ..... Bruce
Ned Lander ..... Strach
Joanne Olsen ..... Vicki
Julie Medana ..... Kim
Michael Shearman ..... Glenn
Dean Dunstone ..... Seagull
Tina Robinson Hansen ..... Freda
Nerida Clark ..... Carol
Kirrily Nolan ..... Mrs. Vickers
Noni Hazlehurst ..... Nora
Colin Friels ..... Javo
Alice Garner ..... Gracie
Harold Hopkins ..... Willie
Candy Raymond ..... Lillian
Michael Caton ..... Clive
Tim Burns ..... Martin
Christina Amphlett ..... Angela
Don Miller-Robinson ..... Gerald
Lisa Peers ..... Rita
Cathy Downes ..... Eve
Justin Ridley ..... Roaster
Pearl Christie ..... Juliet
Vera Plevnik ..... Jessie
Jamie Fonti ..... Ramondo
Ray Barrett ..... Mal
Clare Binney ..... Susan
Pat Bishop ..... Jenny
Graeme Blundell ..... Simon
Jeanie Drynan ..... Kath Henderson
John Hargreaves ..... Don Henderson
Harold Hopkins ..... Cooley
Graham Kennedy ..... Mack
Veronica Lang ..... Jody
Candy Raymond ..... Kerry
Kit Taylor ..... Evan
John Grey Gorton ..... Himself (Prime Minister of Australia 1968-1971)
Bruce Spence ..... Morrie McAdam
Natalie Bate ..... Maureen Delaney
Max Gillies ..... Vivian Worcester-Jones
Bill Garner ..... Dangles
Jack Perry ..... Horrie
Dick May ..... Shovel
Esme Melville ..... April
Terry McDermott ..... Darcy
Alan Rowe ..... Angus
Irene Hewitt ..... Florence
Kerry Dwyer ..... Shirl
Val Jellay ..... Aggie
Barrie Barkla ..... Reverend Potts
Tim Robertson ..... Father O'Shea
Laurel Frank ..... Jackleen
Justine Saunders ..... Mollie Comeaway
Kristina Nehm ..... Trilby Comeaway
Marlene Bell ..... Hannah
Kylie Belling ..... Noonah Comeaway
Wilf Campagnoni ..... Bert
David Clendenning ..... Headmaster
Wilkie Collins ..... Dr. Lymons
Alan Dargin ..... Bruce
Ernie Dingo ..... Phil
Dianne Eden ..... Matron
Laurie Foell ..... Waitress
Gabrielle Lanbrose ..... Mrs. Henwood
Sandra Lehane ..... Nurse Creswell
Bob Maza ..... Joe Comeaway
Michele Miles ..... Blanchie

Synopsis:

Puberty Blues (1981)
Based on the novel written by the Salami Sisters Gabrielle Carey and Kathy Lette and set among teenagers in the southern beaches of Sydney.

Monkey Grip (1982)
Starring Noni Hazelhurst, this adaptation of Helen Garners classic novel is set in the vibrant sub-culture of inner city Melbourne in the early 80s.

Don's Party (1976)
A riotous look at middle Australia on election night. Adapted by David Williamson from his own hit stage play, Dons Party features an all-star cast including Graham Kennedy, John Hargreaves and Ray Barrett.

Dimboola (1979)
Based on the beloved stage play by Jack Hibberd and directed by acclaimed filmmaker John Duigan (The Year My Voice Broke), Dimboola celebrates the unique rituals of marriage Australian style! No worries!

The Fringe Dwellers (1986)
Based on the novel by Nene Gare Fringe Dwellers is a gentle yet compelling film about the difficulties of being a person who truly belongs in no world but their own.

Puberty Blues (1981)
Director Bruce Beresford continued his tradition of putting socially disenfranchised characters front and center with this wryly observant comedy drama about middle class Australian teens that served as a stark contrast to the popular American teen films of its day. Friends from the Sydney suburb of Cronulla, Debbie (Nell Schofield) and Sue (Jad Capelja) are a pair of average schoolgirls who smoke, drink, have sex, and cheat on exams. The girls are also striving to become "surfie chicks," the groupies that hang around the surfer boy gangs of southern Sydney, pairing off with the objects of their affection. Adhering to odd rules that prevent them from eating or going to the bathroom in the surfers' presence, the girls get into trouble for their wild behavior, with Debbie eventually fearing that she's pregnant, leading to a fatal overdose of heroin for her boyfriend Garry (Geoff Rhoe). Ultimately, Debbie and Sue become disillusioned with the sexism and narrow-mindedness of their crowd. Puberty Blues (1981) was based on the book of the same name by Kathy Lette and Gabrielle Carey, a pair of real-life Sydney teens who wrote newspaper articles under the pseudonym "The Salami Sisters."

Monkey Grip (1982)
Single mother Nora and her young daughter Gracie live among her artist friends in Melbourne, including young rock singer Angela. She is drawn into a passionate affair with drug addicted Javo, a struggling actor, who comes and goes - including a stint in an Asian jail. Nora is unsatisfied with the relationship and on his return, they hitchhike to Sydney for a break, but Javo's addiction causes stress and conflict. When they get back to Melbourne, Javo starts seeing an old flame, Lillian, which Nora finds hard to take.

Don's Party (1976)
Early in his career, Australian director Bruce Beresford helmed Don's Party, which closely mirrors Shampoo in its basic premise and its edgy correlations between sex and politics. One pivotal election night, Don, played by John Hargreaves, throws a party for a group of friends, ostensibly so that everyone can watch the ballots roll in on television. But when booze is consumed in quantity, inhibitions are kicked downstairs. Particularly boorish under the influence of alcohol are Don's male friends, who indulge in a barrage of insulting verbal attacks on each other when they aren't trying to get each other's wives into bed. Unapologetically adult in its content and themes, Don's Party was adapted from a play by David Williamson; it marks one of the earliest classics of Australian New Wave cinema.

Dimboola (1979)
A London newspaper correspondent travels to the colorful town of Dimboola, Australia to write a story, and has many delightful experiences with the locals in this charming, exceptionally well-filmed comedy. For him, the fun begins when he sees that a major wedding is about to occur. For a lark, he dresses up as a woman and crashes the bride's shower. Next he goes to the bawdy stag party and learns all sorts of interesting secrets about the bride and groom.

The Fringe Dwellers (1986)
Bruce Beresford returned to the austerity of his first Australian films with The Fringe Dwellers. Kristina Nehm stars as an Aborigine woman named Trilby, who along with her tribespeople lives on the fringes of "accepted" Australian society. Trilby's mother (Justine Saunders) urges her family to remove themselves from squalor and move up to a fashionable all-white suburb. What with the snobbery of her new neighbors and an onslaught of visiting relatives, Trilby never has a moment of happiness. She seeks solace in the arms of her boyfriend (Ernie Dingo), but this only results in an unwanted pregnancy. Her "escape" to a better life is an indirect result of her newborn child's death. Bruce and Rhoisin Beresford adapted the script of The Fringe Dwellers from the novel by Nene Gare.

Puberty Blues (1981)
Meet Sue, a teenage Australian girl in the late 70s, whose life mainly consists of doing what everyone else does - watch the surfing boys and have sex with the same surfing boys. The girls have to follow lots of strange customs, e.g. do not eat or go to the bathroom when a boy is around. Ugly girls have two choices - being bitches and hate boys, or being generally cheap and looked down upon by everyone. The afternoons are spent on the beaches, in the backseats of car or at home-alone-parties where sex and alcohol are the main ingredients. Parents and teachers are trying to straighten the kids out, but that is not easy.

Monkey Grip (1982)
Monkey Grip is a frank portrayal of a year in the life of a divorced mother (Noni Hazlehurst) living in Melbourne, trying to cope with her daughter and her own relationship with a drug addict while trying to get into the music business.

Don's Party (1976)
The movie Dons Party is about a wild house party in a suburban Australian neighbourhood. Don Henderson convinces his wife to have another party so that their friends can gather to watch the election, drink and carry on. Dons wife, Kath sees the party as just more work, while Don sees it as a chance to break his boring routine. The year is 1969 and some of Dons friends have jumped on the bandwagon of sexual freedom and experimentation. However, others at the party are more conservative about their politics and sex, and naturally, arguments break out over politics and fist fights erupt over the seduction of others wives.

Dimboola (1979)
Comedy, which covers the events in a small country town over three days preceding a wedding.

The Fringe Dwellers (1986)
Story of a young Aboriginal girl's struggle to free herself from her poverty-stricken background.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 02 October, 2011.