A Sting in the Tale
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Director Eugene Schlusser Country Australia | 6.2/10 Duration Language English language | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date November 1989 Based on story by Rosa ColosimoPatrick EdgworthReg McLdeanEugene Schlusser |
A Sting in the Tale is a 1989 Australian political satire film.
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Plot
Diane Lane (Diane Craig) is elected to Canberra as an MP. Her married lover, Barry Robbins (Gary Day), is Minister for Health and her best friend is journalist Louise Parker (Lynne Williams).
Barry wants to depose the current Prime Minister and tries to enlist the support of media baron Roger Monroe (Edwin Hodgeman). However Diane is angry at Monroe for suppressing news of negligence in a mining disaster which killed her father and twenty others.
Diane leaks a document to embarrass the government about its plans for media ownership. The Prime Minister appoints her as Minister to the Arts in order to control her.
Diane then discovers Monroe has planted someone in her office to watch her. She tries to bring down Monroe and become Australia's first female Prime Minister.
Cast
Production
The movie was shot in Adelaide.
References
A Sting in the Tale WikipediaA Sting in the Tale IMDb