Buddies (1983 film)

Buddies
Directed byArch Nicholson
Written byJohn Dingwall
Produced byJohn Dingwall
StarringColin Friels
Kris McQuade
Harold Hopkins
CinematographyDavid Eggby
Edited byMartyn Down
Music byChris Neal
Distributed byHoyts (AUS)
Paramount Pictures (Worldwide)
Release dates
  • 23 June 1983 (1983-06-23) (AUS)
  • 15 July 1983 (1983-07-15) (USA)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$1.9 million[1]
Box officeA$81,777

Buddies is a 1983 Australian comedy/drama film directed by Arch Nicholson and written by John Dingwall. Dingwall won the Best Original Screenplay AFI Award for the script.[2][3] The film was not a great success in 1983, as no Australian distributor wanted to release it, but Dingwall took it around the country's cinemas himself, where it was well received.[4]

  1. ^ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 pp. 88–89
  2. ^ IMDb info
  3. ^ "BUDDIES". Filmnews (Sydney, NSW : 1975 – 1995). Sydney, NSW: National Library of Australia. 1 January 1984. p. 7. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  4. ^ Australian screen