The Dark Room (1982 film)

The Dark Room is a 1982 Australian thriller film directed by Paul Harmon, son of Bill Harmon.[2][3]

The Dark Room
Directed byPaul Harmon
Produced byTom Haydon
Written byMichael Brindley
Paul Harmon
Based onOriginal idea by
Paul Harmon
StarringSvet Kovich
Anna Jemison
Alan Cassell
Music byCameron Allan
CinematographyPaul Onorato
Edited byRod Adamson
Release date
1982
Running time
94 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetAU $1.2 million[1]

Plot

Ray Sangster, a bored middle-class man, has an affair with a younger woman, Nicky. Ray's son Mike discovers the affair and becomes obsessed with Nicky.

Cast
  • Alan Cassell as Ray Sangster
  • Anna Maria Monticelli (Anna Jemison) as Nicky
  • Svet Kovich as Mike Sangster
  • Diana Davidson as Martha Sangster
  • Ric Hutton as Sam Bitel
  • Rowena Wallace as Liz Llewellyn
  • Sean Myers as Peter
  • Sally Cooper as Patricia

Production

Michael Brindley wrote a script based on a story by himself and Paul Harmon. Basil Appleby was originally meant to be producer but financiers Filmco did not want him to do the job and Malcolm Smith did it. Then Smith left and documentary producer Tom Haydon produced instead.[1]

There was a two-week rehearsal period in which actors rewrote dialogue and treated Harmon badly. Three weeks into the seven-week shoot the completion guarantors saw the footage and suggested Harmon be fired but the producer refused. Film editor Ron Adamson died and had to be replaced by Don Saunders.[1]

Release

The film failed to obtain a cinema release.[1]

References
  1. David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p157-159
  2. "Production Survey", Cinema Papers, October 1982 p456
  3. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p35


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