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Kostas (film)

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Kostas
Directed byPaul Cox
Written byLinda Aronson
Produced byKostas Kallergis
StarringTakis Emmanuel
Wendy Hughes
Norman Kaye
Edited byJohn Scott
Production
companies
  • Victorian Film Corporation
  • Illumination Films
Distributed byGreg Lynch Film Distributors
Release dates
  • 1 June 1979 (1979-06-01) (premiere)
  • 16 August 1979 (1979-08-16) (release)
Running time
104 mins (original)
93 mins (release)
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$224,000[1]

Kostas is a 1979 film directed by Paul Cox about a Greek taxi driver.[2]

Production

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The film was shot over four weeks in March 1979. $100,000 of the budget came from the Victorian Film Corporation.[1]

Post-production on the film was rushed so Cox could ready it in time for the Melbourne Film Festival, which he later said was a mistake. However, it was the best-received of all Cox's features to that point.[1]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Stratton, David (1980). The last new wave: The Australian film revival. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. ISBN 0207141460.
  2. ^ Anna Dzenis, "Kostas", Australian Film 1978-92, Oxford Uni Press 1993 p37
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