Desolation Angels (1982 film)

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Desolation Angels
Directed by Chris Fitchett
Written byChris Fitchett
Ellery Ryan
Produced byChris Oliver
StarringKim Trengove
CinematographyEllery Ryan
Production
company
Winternight Productions
Release date
  • 1982 (1982)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$500,000 [1]

Desolation Angels is a 1982 Australian film about three high school students who borrow a weekender house in Portsea and are terrorised by some thugs. [2]

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It was shot in March and April 1982.

The title is a reference to a novel written by Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac.

In recent years the film has changed its title to 'Fair Game', not to be confused with the 1985 Australian feature film that features actress/singer Cassandra Delaney in the lead role.

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References

  1. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p44
  2. David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p289