The FJ Holden | |
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Directed by | Michael Thornhill |
Written by | Terry Larsen Michael Thornhill |
Produced by | Michael Thornhill |
Starring | Paul Couzens Eva Dickinson Carl Stever Sigrid Thornton Karlene Rogerson |
Cinematography | David Gribble |
Edited by | Max Lemon |
Music by | Jim Manzie |
Production company | FJ Films |
Distributed by | Umbrella Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Budget | AU$26.50[1] |
Box office | AU$710,000 |
The FJ Holden is a 1977 Australian film directed by Michael Thornhill. The FJ Holden is a snapshot of the life of young teenage men in Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia in the 1970s and deals with the characters' difficulty in reconciling mateship with respect for a girlfriend.
Debi Enker in Australian Cinema comments: "The FJ Holden presents the suburbs as a cultural and spiritual desert. It is a place where regular bouts with the bottle are the only antidote for lives without hope or direction."
The film initially received a R classification from the Australian Film Board of Review, but after an appeal to the censors it was revised to a M classification for moderate sex scenes and moderate coarse language. However, all states except Victoria and New South Wales exercised their right to override the Commonwealth decision and retained the R classification.[2]