Sweethearts (1990 film)

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Sweethearts
Directed byColin Talbot
Written byColin Talbot
Based onnovel by Colin Talbot
StarringChristabel Wigley
John F. Howard
Production
companies
Sweethearts Film Productions
Australian Film Commission
Release date
  • 1990 (1990)
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Sweethearts is a 1990 Australian film directed by Colin Talbot and starring Christabel Wigley and John F. Howard. The screenplay is about Juliet and Laura, who are looking for excitement. [1]

Sweethearts was based on a novel written in 1978. Talbot wrote the script in Bali in 1987 and made the film with the assistance of the AFC. [2]

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References

  1. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p150
  2. Sweethearts at Colin Talbot site accessed 30 July 2013