Kostas (film)

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Kostas
Directed by Paul Cox
Written by Linda Aronson
Produced byKostas Kallergis
Starring Takis Emmanuel
Wendy Hughes
Norman Kaye
Edited byJohn Scott
Production
companies
  • Victorian Film Corporation
  • Illumination Films
Distributed byGreg Lynch Film Distributors
Release dates
  • 1 June 1979 (1979-06-01)(premiere)
  • 16 August 1979 (1979-08-16)(release)
Running time
104 mins (original)
93 mins (release)
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$224,000 [1]

Kostas is a 1979 film directed by Paul Cox about a Greek taxi driver. [2]

Contents

Premise

A Greek immigrant to Australia has a relationship with an Australian woman, Carol.

Cast

Production

The film was shot over four weeks in March 1979. $100,000 of the budget came from the Victorian Film Corporation. [1]

Release

Post-production on the film was rushed so Cox could ready it in time for the Melbourne Film Festival, which he later said was a mistake. However, it was the best-received of all Cox's features to that point. [1]

The film opened the Melbourne International Film Festival in 1979. [3] The Canberra Times wrote "Takis Emmanuel's moving portrayal of the hero s plight, Cox's sensitive photography and the sentimental happy ending should make the film a hit with expatriate Australians in Athens and the Greek community in Melbourne." [4]

The film was released to cinemas in Canberra in 1984. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Stratton, David (1980). The last new wave: The Australian film revival. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. ISBN   0207141460.
  2. Anna Dzenis, "Kostas", Australian Film 1978-92, Oxford University Press 1993 p. 37
  3. "Aussie opener". The Australian Jewish News . Vol. XLV, no. 36. Victoria, Australia. 1 June 1979. p. 11. Retrieved 27 January 2025 via National Library of Australia.
  4. "CINEMA Variety of themes in Melbourne festival". The Canberra Times . Vol. 53, no. 15, 996. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 11 July 1979. p. 23. Retrieved 27 January 2025 via National Library of Australia.
  5. "CINEMA Less than it might have been". The Canberra Times . Vol. 58, no. 17, 839. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 1 August 1984. p. 28. Retrieved 27 January 2025 via National Library of Australia.