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The City's Edge
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Wikipedia article
'The City's Edge' is a 1983 Australian film co-written by Aboriginal Australian writer Bob Merritt.Ed. Scott Murray, 'Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p26
Plot
Andy comes to Sydney and falls in love with the sister of a heroin addict.
Production
The film was originally entitled 'Running Man' and was never released theatrically in Australia although it was in the UK.David Stratton, 'The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p205
Merritt later claimed he preferred to "write off" the experience but says it gave him the track record to make 'Short Changed' (1985).Mary Colbert, "Positive action: Bob Merritt, playwright and screenwriter", 'Cinema Papers', May 1985 p24
References
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