Don's Party (film)

Don's Party
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Directed by	Bruce Beresford
Written by	David Williamson
Produced by	Phillip Adams
Starring	Ray Barrett Candy Raymond Clare Binney Pat Bishop
Edited by	William M. Anderson
Production company	Double Head Productions
Distributed by	Phillip Adams 20th Century-Fox
Release date	17 November 1976 (1976-11-17)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	AU$270,000[1][2]
Box office	AU$871,000 (Australia)

Don's Party is a 1976 Australian film version of the play Don's Party by David Williamson with a screenplay by Williamson, directed by Bruce Beresford. John Hargreaves plays Don Henderson with Jeanie Drynan as Don's wife Kath. Ray Barrett plays Mal, Don's mentor, and Pat Bishop is his wife. Graham Kennedy plays Mack, Graeme Blundell is the Liberal supporter and Veronica Lang his obedient wife. Kerry (Candy Raymond) is the attractive and assertive artist and Evan (Kit Taylor) is her uptight and possessive partner. Cooley (Harold Hopkins) comes with his young girlfriend Susan (Clare Binney).

In the film the setting is relocated to the suburb of Westleigh (7 Windam Place) in the northern suburbs of Sydney. The film also deviates from the stage version by increasing the level of profanity and contains full frontal nudity and sex scenes.

Pat Bishop won the AFI Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Veronica Lang won the AFI Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Bruce Beresford won the Best Direction award, David Williamson won the Best screenplay award, and the film won the edit and sound award. The film was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival.^[3]