Sex Is a Four Letter Word

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Sex is a Four Letter Word
Directed by Murray Fahey
Written byMurray Fahey
Produced byMurray Fahey
Starring Joy Smithers
Miranda Otto
Mark Lee
Tessa Humphries
Rhett Walton
Edited by Brian Kavanagh
Release date
  • 1995 (1995)
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Budgetless than A$1 million [1]

Sex is a Four Letter Word is a 1995 Australian film directed by Murray Fahey and starring Joy Smithers, Miranda Otto, Mark Lee, Tessa Humphries and Rhett Walton.

Contents

It has been described as an Australian version of The Big Chill (1983). [2]

Premise

A love columnist (Joy Smithers) invites six friends over to talk about love and sex.

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References

  1. "Production Survey", Cinema Papers, June 1995 p. 61
  2. Anne Marie Lopez, "Everyone Together Now: Low Budget Filmmaking in Australia", Cinema Papers July 1997 pp. 18–21