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The Boys in the Island
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Wikipedia article
'Boys in the Island' is a 1989 Australian film based on the 1958 novel by Chris Koch.Scott Murray, 'Australia on the Small Screen 19701995', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p. 20
Plot
In the 1950s teenage Frank dreams of leaving Tasmania for Melbourne.
Production
At one stage Gillian Armstrong had wanted to film the book and approached Koch to make it, but she then elected to make 'Mrs Soffel' instead. Koch decided to make the film himself, and, bitten by his experiences on 'The Year of Living Dangerously', he decided to keep as much control as he could. He wrote a script with friend Tony Morphett and attached director Carl Schultz. Funds were raised through Antony I. Ginnane and his company, International Film Management Limited. They eventually pulled out but the investors elected to keep going. However, by then Schultz was tied up with post production on 'The Seventh Sign'; four weeks before pre production Geoff Bennett stepped in instead.David Stratton, 'The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry', Pan MacMillan, 1990 pp. 171172Kathy Ball, "Boys in the Island", 'Cinema Papers', May 1989 pp. 3738
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