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Kodak/Atlab Cinema Collection
The Singer and the Dancer (1977)
A new 35mm print of this film is now available on request.
Courtesy of Gillian Armstrong and Kodak (Australasia) and Atlab Australia
National Film and Sound Archive National Collection
Title Number 8779.
Classification: Not classified, use PG rating
Synopsis
Based on a short story by Alan Marshall, this featurette is a study of the experiences and relationship of two women. One young and one older, the film unfolds their parallel story of circumstance of both being trapped, one in the present and one in the past, by male definitions of their sexuality.
Background
The film was shot on location in Picton, NSW, and made on a budget of $27,000. Features Ruth Cracknell as the older woman and Elizabeth Crosby as the young woman from the city. The film was distributed theatrically with 35mm blow-up prints and won SAMMY Awards for Best Short Film and Best Actress (Ruth Cracknell). Also won the Silver Award for Short Fiction at the 1977 Australian Film Awards.
Director
Gillian Armstrong
Year of Production 1975
Duration 52 minutes
Format 35mm blow-up, Colour
Optical Soundtrack Mono, remastered to
Dolby® Digital
Producer
Gillian Armstrong
Screenplay
John Pleffer, Gillian Armstrong
Director of Photography
Russell Boyd
Art Director
Sue Armstrong
Editor
Nicholas Beauman
Sound Recordist
Laurie Fitzgerald
Music
Robert Murphy
Cast
Ruth Cracknell (Mrs Bilson)
Elisabeth Crosby (Charlie)
Russell Keifel (Pete)
Jude Kuring (Mrs Herbert)
Gerry Duggan (doctor)
Julie Dawson (Mrs Rogers)
Kate Sheil (young Mrs Bilson)
Rob Steele (Jim Bilson)
Kerry Walker (Rose Buckley)
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