Sweet Talker (film)

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Sweet Talker
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Film poster
Directed byMichael Jenkins
Written by Tony Morphett
Starring
Music by Richard Thompson
Production
company
Distributed bySeven Arts
(through New Line Cinema) (United States)
Greater Union Organization (Australia)
Release date
  • 1991 (1991)
Running time
86 minutes
CountriesAustralia
United States
LanguageEnglish
Box officeA$109,638 (Australia) [1]

Sweet Talker is a 1991 comedy film starring Bryan Brown and Karen Allen. [2] It was directed by Michael Jenkins who later described it as:

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A real general audience film, a fairly gentle film about some relationships, almost father-son relationships, single mum relationship with her son. It's not what I would call a film that has major clout to it. It's an entertainment film, but what it says is not bad. It's a soft film - it doesn't really go out there pretending it's saying anything world-shattering... In this industry quite a few things are haphazard. Sweet Talker is one of the more haphazard projects that has come along. [3]

The film's soundtrack, scored and performed by British singer/songwriter Richard Thompson was released by Capitol Records the same year the film was released.

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