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The Trespassers

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The Trespassers
Directed byJohn Duigan
Written byJohn Duigan
Produced byJohn Duigan
StarringJudy Morris
CinematographyVince Monton
Edited byTony Patterson
Music byBruce Smeaton
Production
company
Vega Film Productions
Distributed byFilmways
Release dates
  • 18 August 1976 (1976-08-18) (Melbourne)
  • February 1979 (1979-02) (Sydney)
Running time
88 mins.
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetAU $130,000[1]

The Trespassers is a 1976 film directed by John Duigan and starring Judy Morris and Briony Behets.[2]

Premise

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In 1970, political journalist Richard lives with Penny but is having an affair with actress Dee. The two women meet and become friends.

Cast

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Production

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$70,000 of the budget came from the Australian Film Commission. The film was shot in Melbourne and in south Gippsland in late winter of 1975.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980 p174-175
  2. ^ "The Trespassers (1976) – John Duigan | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  3. ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 304
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