The Night the Prowler
6.6 /10 1 Votes
7/10 Genre Drama, Comedy Screenplay Patrick White Country Australia | 6.1/10 IMDb Director Jim Sharman Music director Cameron Allan Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date 2 June 1978 (1978-06-02) (Sydney Film Festival)
15 June 1979 (1979-06-15) (Australia) Writer Patrick White (novel), Patrick White (screenplay) Cast Kerry Walker (Felicity Bannister), Ruth Cracknell (Doris Bannister), John Frawley (Humphrey Bannister), John Derum (John Galbraith), Maggie Kirkpatrick (Madge Hopkirk), Terry Camilleri (The Prowler)Similar movies Caddie (1976) |
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The Night the Prowler (also known as Patrick White's The Night the Prowler) is a 1978 Australian film written by Patrick White, produced by Anthony Buckley and directed by Jim Sharman. Ruth Cracknell was nominated in 1979 for an AFI Award for Best Actress in a Lead Role for her part.
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- The night the prowler 1978 movie review
- Cast
- Production
- Release
- References
Paul Byrnes from Australian Screen Online described:
The film is a savage satire on the neuroses of the privileged of Sydney’s eastern suburbs, where White lived, and the director Jim Sharman grew up. Much of the satire verges on invective, and the film was criticised for being ponderous, pretentious and condescending. Parts of it are like that—especially some of the dialogue—but the film also has some moments where everything works.
The night the prowler 1978 movie review
Cast
Production
Sharman had worked successfully with White directing the latter's play The Season at Sarsaparilla. White suggested that his book The Night the Prowler might make a film; Sharman agreed and White wrote a screenplay.
The film was shot in November and December 1977.
Release
The film was selected to open the 1978 Sydney Film Festival and was harshly received.
References
The Night the Prowler WikipediaThe Night the Prowler IMDbThe Night the Prowler Film @ The Digital FixThe Night the Prowler themoviedb.org