Petersen (film)

Petersen
Directed byTim Burstall
Written byDavid Williamson
Produced byTim Burstall
StarringJack Thompson
Jacki Weaver
Wendy Hughes
CinematographyRobin Copping
Edited byDavid Bilcock
Music byPeter Best
Production
company
Distributed byRoadshow Film Distributors
Release date
  • 25 October 1974 (1974-10-25)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetAU$226,000[1] or $240,000[2]
Box office$1,363,000 (Aust)

Petersen is a 1974 Australian drama film directed by Tim Burstall.

Petersen was a box office success and received wide distribution in the UK and US under the title Jock Petersen. Petersen is first and foremost a sobering critique of Australian life in the early 1970s. Petersen is considered one of the better social dramas from the early years of the Australian film revival. Stanley Kubrick praised the film on its release, particularly Burstall's direction and Jack Thompson's lead performance.[3] Jack Thompson won the Hoyts Prize for Best Performance at the 1975 AFI Awards for his performance in Petersen.[4]

  1. ^ David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980 pp. 31–33
  2. ^ "'More scope' for film actor in Australia". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995). ACT: National Library of Australia. 28 October 1974. p. 6. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  3. ^ Australian screen; curator's notes by Richard Kuipers
  4. ^ IMDb awards