The Boy Who Had Everything

The Boy Who Had Everything
VHS cover as Winner Takes All
Directed byStephen Wallace
Written byStephen Wallace
Produced byRichard Mason
Julia Overton
StarringJason Connery
Diane Cilento
Nique Needles
Laura Williams
CinematographyGeoff Burton
Edited byHenry Dangar
Music byRalph Schneider
Production
companies
Alfred Road Films
Multi Films Investments Limited
Hoyts-Edgley
Distributed byHoyts Distribution
Release date
  • 22 May 1984 (1984-05-22)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$1.1 million[1]

The Boy Who Had Everything is a 1984 Australian film written and directed by Stephen Wallace.[2] Its video title was Winner Takes All. It won the award for best screenplay at the Australian Film Institute.[3] Jason Connery and Diane Cilento, who play mother and son in the film, are real-life mother and son.[4] The film was also entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival.[5]

  1. ^ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p356-357
  2. ^ Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p19
  3. ^ "Awards for The Boy Who Had Everything". IMDb.
  4. ^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "The Boy Who Had Everything > Overview". AllMovie. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
  5. ^ "14th Moscow International Film Festival (1985)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 March 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.