Coda (1987 film)

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Coda
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Promotional poster
Written by Craig Lahiff
Terry Jennings
Directed byCraig Lahiff
Starring Penny Cook
Olivia Hamnett
Liddy Clark
Music byFrank Strangio
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Producers Tom Broadbridge
Terry Jennings
CinematographyEllery Ryan
Running time96 minutes
BudgetA$600,000 [1]

Coda is a 1987 Australian made-for-TV horror mystery film directed by Craig Lahiff who described it as "very much a telefilm. I suppose it's very Hitchcocky - and de Palma inspired." [2] It was the first of three films Lahiff had arranged finance for which were made in succession. The film focuses on a serial killer targeting female university students.

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It was shot on location at Flinders University on 16mm and features women in all the lead roles. [1] [3]

Cast

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References

  1. 1 2 David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p291-292
  2. "Interview with Craig Lahiff", Signet, 4 August 1997 Archived 24 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine accessed 19 November 2012
  3. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p27