Far East (film)

Far East
Directed byJohn Duigan
Written byJohn Duigan
Produced byRichard Mason
StarringBryan Brown
Helen Morse
John Bell
CinematographyBrian Probyn
Edited byHenry Dangar
Music bySharon Calcraft
Production
company
Distributed byUmbrella Entertainment
Village Roadshow
Release date
  • 30 July 1982 (1982-07-30)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetAU$1.3 million[1]
Box officeAU$1,972,000 (Australia)

Far East is a 1982 Australian drama film directed by John Duigan and starring Bryan Brown, Helen Morse and John Bell. Far East has many similarities to the 1942 classic Casablanca.

Filmink said it was "part of Australian cinema’s (brief as it turned out) interest in Asia in the early '80s".[2]

  1. ^ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p220-221
  2. ^ Vagg, Stephen (29 February 2020). "Top Ten 10BA Knock Offs". Filmink.