Petersen ( Jock Petersen )

Petersen (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Jock Petersen
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Australian Film Institute

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 2.4 )

Running Time:
103 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1974 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Tim Burstall

Written By:
David Williamson

Actors:
Jack Thompson ..... Tony Petersen
Jacki Weaver ..... Susie Petersen
Wendy Hughes ..... Dr. Patricia 'Trish' Kent
Belinda Giblin ..... Moira
Arthur Dignam ..... Prof. Charles Kent
Charles 'Bud' Tingwell ..... Father
Helen Morse ..... Jane
John Ewart ..... Peter
David Phillips ..... Heinz
Christine Amor ..... Annie
Sandra McGregor ..... Marge
Joey Hohenfels ..... Debbie
Amanda Hunt ..... Carol
George Mallaby ..... Executive
Anne Scott-Pendlebury ..... Peggy

Synopsis:

One of the most controversial and captivating feature films of Australia's cinema Renaissance in the 1970s, Tim Burstall's endearing classic Petersen is a searing portrait of a fiery young upstart and the ever present turmoil that surrounds him. Born to be a better man, Tony 'Jock' Petersen (Jack Thompson) is a restless individual on the cusp of great change. A married electrician and passionate ex-footballer, he hungers for more in life and sets about a dramatic transformation, enrolling in an Arts course at University and embracing the sexually charged zeitgeist with all the gusto and tenacity of a real 'red-blooded bloke'. Falling in with his English Professor's wife Trish (Wendy Hughes), falling out with his ever-faithful wife Susie (Jacki Weaver) and getting into all sorts of scrapes in between, Petersen soon finds himself in a class of his own! Written by AFI Award winner David Williamson and featuring a stellar support cast, including Helen Morse, Arthur Dignam, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell and Jon Ewart, Petersen is a raunchy triumph that helped catapult Jack Thompson into international stardom.

Tony Petersen, a married electrician and ex-footballer, goes to university to study English. Petersen is odd man out at the uni. He receives extracurricular help from his stuffy professor's beautiful lecturer wife in her office. Their get-togethers there are quite rootine. The professor is also seeing one of his students after class. Petersen and the professor's wife talk about having a baby. But then she accepts an appointment to Oxford, provoking a rage in Petersen...

Tale of an electrician who decides in his thirties to put himself through university.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 25 February, 2012.

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