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Private Collection (film)

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Private Collection
Directed byKeith Salvat
Written byKeith Salvat
Sandy Sharp
Produced byKeith Salvat
StarringPeter Reynolds
Pamela Stephenson
Brian Blain
CinematographyDavid Gribble
Edited byG. Turney-Smith
Music byMike Perjanik
Production
company
Keisal/Bonza Films
Release dates
  • June 1972 (1972-06) (premiere)
  • 12 April 1973 (1973-04-12) (commercial release)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Budget$30,000[1]

Private Collection is a 1972 Australian black comedy film that marked the feature debuts of Pamela Stephenson and Michael Caton.

Plot

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Two rival art collectors, Henry Phillips and Joseph Tibbsworth, engage the services of George Kleptoman, a thief, to steal from each other. In the meantime Mary-Ann, Henry's bored wife, has acquired a secret boyfriend and plans mariticide.

Cast

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Production

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The film was shot on 16mm in Sydney in January 1972. It was the first film with investment from the Australian Film Development Corporation to be publicly shown.[2]

It premiered at the Sydney Film Festival in June of that year.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998 p264
  2. ^ David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980 p14
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