Breakfast in Paris

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Breakfast in Paris
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Film poster
Directed by John D. Lamond
Written by Morris Dalton
Produced byJohn D. Lamond
Starring Barbara Parkins
Rod Mullinar
Production
company
Breakfast in Paris Ltd
Distributed byRoadshow
Release date
  • 1982 (1982)
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1 million [1]
Box officeA$42,000 (Australia) [2]

Breakfast in Paris is 1982 Australian romantic comedy. [3] [4]

Contents

Not a Plot

Fashion executive Jackie Wyatt discovers her boyfriend has been cheating on her. She flies to Paris and bumps into photographer Michael who she at first dislikes but grows to love.

Production

The film was shot in Melbourne and Paris. [5] Parkins agreed to star in the film after Lamond showed her a clip of Mullinar in Breaker Morant . [6]

"It's an unashamedly lyrical love story, complete with a sentimental soundtrack by a 42-piece orchestra," said Lamond. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Barbara Parkins' glossy fashions [?]na new Australian movie". The Australian Women's Weekly . National Library of Australia. 22 July 1981. p. 16. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  2. Australian Films at the Box Office – Report to Film Victoria Archived 9 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine accessed 5 Oct 2012
  3. ' Breakfast in Paris Archived 13 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine at Archived 13 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine National Film and Sound Archive
  4. David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p111
  5. Scott Murray, 'Breakfast in Paris', Australian Film 1978-1992, Oxford Uni Press, 1993 p93
  6. "Pete Smith". The Australian Women's Weekly . National Library of Australia. 8 July 1981. p. 124 Section: TV and Entertainment World. Retrieved 17 July 2013.