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Bachelor Girl (film)

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Director
  
Rivka Hartman

Music director
  
Burkhard Dallwitz

Country
  
Australia

5/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy, Romance

Duration
  

Language
  
English

Release date
  
7 February 1988

Writer
  
Rivka Hartman, Maggie Power, Keith Thompson

Screenplay
  
Keith Thompson, Rivka Hartman, Maggie Power

Cast
  
Bruce Spence
(Alistair Dredge Jr),
Sue Jones
(Audrey),
Kym Gyngell
(Karl Stanton),
Tim Robertson
(Grant),
Monica Maughan
(Sybil)

Similar movies
  
Love and Other Catastrophes (1996), Norman Loves Rose (1982), Melvin - Son of Alvin (1984), The Sapphires (2012), Clubland (2007)

Bachelor Girl is a 1988 Australian TV movie.

Contents

Plot

Dorothy Bloom is a 32-year-old single soap opera writer planning a long, quiet weekend in Melbourne. Her Aunt Esther wants her to meet a gynecologist but instead she runs into Karl Stanton, an old friend from uni days.

Cast

  • Lyn Pierse as Dot Bloom
  • Kym Gyngell as Karl Stanton
  • Jan Friedl as Helen Carter
  • Bruce Spence as Alistair Dredge Jr
  • Doug Tremlett as Charles
  • Ruth Yaffe as Aunt Esther
  • Jack Perry as Uncle Isaac
  • Monica Maugham as Sybil
  • Tim Robertson as Grant
  • Mark Minchinton as Gazza
  • Christine Mahoney as Jenny
  • Denis Moore as Bert

    • Production

    It was financed with the assistance of Film Victoria and the Australian Film Commission.

    Reception

    The TV critic from The Age called the film "wonderfully whimsical. A sort of Aussie Heartburn, it combines liberal helpings of Jewish philosophy and humour, off-beat animation, accelerated footage and delicious satire."

    References

    Bachelor Girl (film) Wikipedia
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    Bachelor Girl (film) IMDb