The Bit Part

The Bit Part
Directed by	Brendan Maher
Written by	Steve Vizard Peter Herbert Ian McFadyen
Produced by	John Gauci Peter Herbert Executive: Steve Vizard
Starring	Chris Haywood Nicole Kidman
Cinematography	Ellery Ryan
Music by	Paul Grabowsky Red Symons
Release date	1987 (1987)
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	A$1.1 million [1]

The Bit Part is a 1987 Australian comedy film directed by Brendan Maher and starring Chris Haywood and Nicole Kidman. ^[2]

The film never achieved theatrical release and went straight to television. ^[3]

Cast

• Chris Haywood as Michael Thornton
• Nicole Kidman as Mary McAlister
• Maurie Fields as Peter
• John Wood as John Bainbridge
• David Stratton
• Deborra-Lee Furness as Acting Teacher
• Jane Turner as Actor in Play
• Christopher Mayer as David
• Wilbur Wilde as Bikie
• Des 'Animal' McKenna as Bikie
• Red Symons as Bikie
• Reg Gorman as Scott
• Ian McFadyen as Commercial Director

References

1. "Australian Productions Top $175 million", Cinema Papers, March 1986 p64
2. David Stratton, and featuring Wilbur Wild, Des 'Animal' McKenna and Red Symons from The Hey Hey Its Saturday Band, starring as a joke Biker Mob. The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p319-320
3. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p14-15

External links

• The Bit Part at IMDb