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Queensland (film)

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'Queensland' is a 1976 film directed by John Ruane and starring John Flaus and Robert Karl.

Plot



Doug is a factory worker living in Melbourne who dreams of moving from Melbourne to Queensland. He attempts to reconnect with an old flame, Marge, and move to Queensland together.

Cast



*John Flaus as Doug

*Bob Karl as Aub

*Alison Bird as Marge

*Tom Broadbridge as Mick

Production



John Ruane says he was inspired by a newspaper article about a slaughterman who killed his de facto wife and then got drunk for two days. He decided to remove the killing aspect, concentrate on the relationship. Ruane:

What we were trying to do then, strangely enough, was trying to imitate 'Summer of the Seventeenth Doll' in reverse and to imitate 'Midnight Cowboy', a sort of Northcote version of 'Midnight Cowboy' - not the story, but the fact that they were headed for a dream. Their dream was Miami. Our film was obviously about heading to Queensland... It's about a vanishing breed of Australians.[https://archive.today/20130112040317/http://www.signis.net/malone/tiki-index.php?page=John+Ruane&bl Interview with John Ruane, 22 August 1995] accessed 20 October 2012


The film was made with money from the Experimental Film and Television Fund while John Ruane was a film student at the Swinburne College of Technology in Melbourne.

Release



The movie was released through the co-operative movement.

References




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