A Sting in the Tale

A Sting in the Tail
A Sting in the Tail
Directed by	Eugene Schlusser
Written by	Patrick Edgeworth
Based on	story by Rosa Colosimo ; Patrick Edgworth ; Reg McLdean ; Eugene Schlusser
Produced by	Rosa Colosimo ; Reg McLean
Starring	Diane Craig ; Gary Day
Cinematography	Nicholas Sherman
Edited by	Zbygniew Friedrich
Music by	Alan Zavod
Production; company	Rosa Colosimo Films
Release date	November 1989;
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English

A Sting in the Tale is a 1989 Australian political satire film directed by Eugene Schlusser and starring Diane Craig and Gary Day.^[1]

Plot

Diane Lane (Diane Craig) is elected to Canberra as an MP. Her married lover, Barry Robbins (Gary Day), is Minister for Health and her best friend is journalist Louise Parker (Lynne Williams).

Barry wants to depose the current prime minister and tries to enlist the support of media baron Roger Monroe (Edwin Hodgeman). However, Diane is angry at Monroe for suppressing news of negligence in a mining disaster which killed her father and twenty others.

Diane leaks a document to embarrass the government about its plans for media ownership. The prime minister appoints her as minister to the arts in order to control her.

Diane then discovers Monroe has planted someone in her office to watch her. She tries to bring down Monroe and become Australia's first female prime minister.

Cast

Diane Craig as Diane Lane
Gary Day as Barry Robbins
Lynne Williams as Louise Parker
Edwin Hodgeman as Monroe
Don Barker as Prime Minister
John Noble as Prime Minister's Minder
Tony Mack as Michael Meadows
Bob Newman as Permanent Secretary
Gordon Goulding as Wilson Sinclair
Patrick Edgeworth as Editor
Gary Bishop as Leader of the Opposition
Robert Leach as Speaker of the House

Production

The film was shot in Adelaide.^[2]

References

^ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p. 225
^ Paul Harris, "A Sting in the Tail", Australian Film 1978–1992, Oxford Uni Press, 1993 p. 287

External links

A Sting in the Tale at IMDb
A Sting in the Tale at Oz Movies
A Sting in the Tale at Australian Cinema
A Sting in the Tale at Winding Road Entertainment (official page)

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[stratton2-1] David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p. 225

[2] Paul Harris, "A Sting in the Tail", Australian Film 1978–1992, Oxford Uni Press, 1993 p. 287

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