The More Things Change... (film)

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The More Things Change...
Directed by Robyn Nevin
Written byMichael Brindley
Moya Wood
Produced by Jill Robb
Starring Judy Morris
Victoria Longley
Barry Otto
Release date
  • 1986 (1986)
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$2,320,000 [1] [2]
Box officeA$121,924 (Australia) [3]

The More Things Change... is a 1986 film directed by Robyn Nevin.

Contents

Cast

Production

Jill Robb initiated the project in 1984 and approached Moya Wood to write the script. Robb had worked with Robyn Nevin making Careful He Might Hear You and hired her as a director. Nevin, who had never directed a film before, made sure she was surrounded by an experienced crew. [4]

Money was raised from 70 investors including the New South Wales Film Corporation. [4] Filming started in late April 1985 in Neerim near Warragul in Victoria. [5]

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References

  1. "Production", Cinema Papers, March 1986 p62
  2. David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p106-107
  3. "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria. Retrieved 24 October 2012
  4. 1 2 Debi Enker, "Changes..", Cinema Papers, March 1986 p35-36
  5. "Facts and Figures", Cinema Papers, July 1985 p48-49