Travelling North (film)

This article is about the 1987 film. For original 1979 stage play of the same name, see Travelling North.
Travelling North
Directed byCarl Schultz
Written byDavid Williamson
Produced byBen Gannon
StarringLeo McKern
Julia Blake
Graham Kennedy
Henri Szeps
CinematographyJulian Penney
Edited byHenry Dangar
Music byAlan John
Distributed byCEL Film Distribution
Release dates
  • 19 June 1987 (1987-06-19) (U.S.)
  • 23 July 1987 (1987-07-23) (Australia)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetAU$2.5 million[1][2]
Box officeAU$1,464,000 (Australia)

Travelling North is a 1987 Australian film directed by Carl Schultz and starring Leo McKern, Julia Blake, Graham Kennedy (in his last film role) and Henri Szeps. Based on an original 1979 play of the same name by David Williamson, it is one of Williamson's favourite movies based on his works.[3] The act of "travelling north" as used in the title, in the context of the southern hemisphere in which the film and its original play are set, denotes transitioning from the colder, business-dominated southern regions of the Australian continent to the notionally more relaxed and warmer subtropical or tropical northern regions such as northern New South Wales (in the play) and ultimately, far north Queensland.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference stratton2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Australian Productions Top $175 million", Cinema Papers, March 1986 p64
  3. ^ Greg Gallaghan, "10 questions - David Williamson", The Australian 18 December 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2014