The Firm Man
1975 Australian film
- 7 March 1975 (1975-03-07)
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The Firm Man is a 1975 film which was the first directed by John Duigan.
Plot
Gerald Baxter, a middle aged businessman, starts a new job at a company called the Firm where his only jobs are collecting occasional messages. Gerald becomes bored and alienated from his life and wife. He befriends a girl who offers him another life but in the end conforms.
Cast
- Peter Cummins as Gerald Baxter
- Eileen Chapman as Melissa
- Bethany Lee as the girl
- Peter Carmondy as Barry
- Dianne Preston as Christie
- Sarah Chapman as Sally
- Marie Keenan as pub lady
- John Preston as Melissa's lover
- Max Gillies as managing director
Production
The film was shot in Victoria partly with funds provided by the Australia Council for the Arts. Filming took four weeks over the summer of 1974 using actors with whom Duigan had worked in the theatre.[1]
References
- ^ a b Stratton, David (1980). The last new wave : the Australian film revival. London: Angus & Robertson. p. 173. ISBN 978-0207141461.
External links
- The Firm Man at IMDb
- The Firm Man at Oz Movies
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Films directed by John Duigan
- The Firm Man (1975)
- The Trespassers (1976)
- Mouth to Mouth (1978)
- Dimboola (1979)
- Winter of Our Dreams (1981)
- Far East (1982)
- One Night Stand (1984)
- The Year My Voice Broke (1987)
- Fragments of War: The Story of Damien Parer (1988)
- Romero (1989)
- Flirting (1991)
- Wide Sargasso Sea (1993)
- Sirens (1994)
- The Journey of August King (1995)
- The Leading Man (1996)
- Lawn Dogs (1997)
- Molly (1999)
- Paranoid (2000)
- The Parole Officer (2001)
- Head in the Clouds (2004)
- Careless Love (2012)
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