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The Love Epidemic
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Wikipedia article
'The Love Epidemic' is a 1975 Australian semi-documentary about venereal disease directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith. It incorporates clinical case studies and sex health instruction with comedy sketches.
It was shot on 16mm for $33,000 and blown up to 35mm for theatrical release.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, 'Australian Film 19001977: A Guide to Feature Film Production', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998 p284
Cast
*Michael Laurence
*Ros Spiers
*Peter Reynolds
*Grant Page
*Tim Lynch
*John Ewart
*Barry Lovett
*Jane Lister
*Luda Apinys
*Ken Doyle
*Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs
Release
In January 1975 two members of the cast, Luda Apinys and Ken Doyle, sought an injunction to have the film withdrawn on the grounds that it was a pornographic film and they had only agreed to make an educational one. Their attempt was unsuccessful.
The movie was rated "R".David Stratton, 'The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival', Angus & Robertson, 1980 p265 According to Trenchard-Smith the film "did okay... getting its money back and making a small profit."
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