| 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 |
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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]
- ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 305
- ^ "Production Report: Don's Party", Cinema Papers, March–April 1976 p. 339
- ^ "IMDB.com: Awards for Don's Party". IMDb. Retrieved 22 July 2010.