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The Lizard King (film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Lizard King' is a 1988 Australian television film about a woman who comes from France to Australia in search of her son.Ed. Scott Murray, 'Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p101[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19880228&id=o28pAAAAIBAJ&sjid=h-QDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1243,10197526 Review at 'Sydney Morning Herald' 28 February 1988] accessed 12 July 2013
Production
It was one of a series of TV movies that were made as a part of a co production deal between Revcom and ABC. Three were to be made in Australia, three in Europe with Australians; the common theme was to be "sentiment". (The other Australian movies were 'A Matter of Convenience' and 'Perhaps Love'.)
The movie was based on an idea by director Geoffrey Nottage. Producer Jan Chapman had just made two telemovies written by Louis Nowra and hired Nowra to write the script. Nowra was reluctant to work on a project that came from someone else's idea but enjoyed collaborating with Chapman and had just read Jules Verne's 'Mistress Branican' which had a similar plot and felt the offer was too serendipitous to refuse. Nowra later said he thought Nottage did a good job as director but was dissatisfied with the limitations of working for television.[http://www.aftrs.edu.au/media/books/lumina/lumina3-ch2-1/index.html Interview with Louis Nowra at 'Lumina'] accessed 11 March 2014
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