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The Night the Prowler
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Wikipedia article
'The Night the Prowler' (also known as 'Patrick White's The Night the Prowler') is a 1978 Australian film written by Patrick White, produced by Anthony Buckley and directed by Jim Sharman. Ruth Cracknell was nominated in 1979 for an AFI Award for Best Actress in a Lead Role for her part.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077992/awards IMDb awards]
Cast
* Ruth Cracknell as Doris Bannister
* John Frawley as Humphrey Bannister
* Kerry Walker as Felicity Bannister
* John Derum as John
* Maggie Kirkpatrick as Madge Hopkirk
* Terry Camilleri as The Prowler
* Harry Neilson as Old man
Production
Sharman had worked successfully with White directing the latter's play 'The Season at Sarsaparilla'. White suggested that his book 'The Night the Prowler' might make a film; Sharman agreed and White wrote a screenplay.Anderson, Robyn & Adler, Sue. "Jim Sharman", 'Cinema Papers', MarchApril 1979 p. 270
The film was shot in November and December 1977.Dzenis, Anna. "Patrick White's the Night the Prowler", 'Australian Film 1978-1992', Oxford Uni Press 1993 p. 46
Release
The film was selected to open the 1978 Sydney Film Festival and was harshly received.
Reception
Paul Byrnes of 'Australian Screen Online' wrote the following in his review:
'The film is a savage satire on the neuroses of the privileged of Sydneys eastern suburbs, where White lived, and the director Jim Sharman grew up. Much of the satire verges on invective, and the film was criticised for being ponderous, pretentious and condescending. Parts of it are like thatespecially some of the dialoguebut the film also has some moments where everything works.'Byrnes, Paul.'[http://aso.gov.au/titles/features/night-prowler/notes/ The Night the Prowler]'. Australian Screen Online
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