Going Down is a 1982 Australian film about young people living in a share house.[2] One writer said of it that "no film I've seen has better captured the chaotic heartbeat of the young sensation-seeker's Sydney."[1]
| Going Down | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Haydn Keenan |
| Written by | Moira MacLaine-Cross, Julie Barry, Melissa Woods (also credited as "Additional Directed Material") |
| Starring | Tracy Mann Vera Plevnik Julie Barry Moira MacLaine-Cross |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 min |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | A$400,000[1] |
The film's one-liner reads: "Four women friends leave behind the feral days of youth after a night of uncontrolled excess in inner-city Sydney during the early 1980s."[3]
Cast
edit- Tracy Mann as Karli
- Vera Plevnik as Jane
- Julie Barry as Jackie
- Moira MacLaine-Cross as Ellen
- David Argue as Greg / Trixie
- Esben Storm as Michael
- Ian Gilmour as Shadow
- Danny Adcock as Supporter
Release
editThe film was self-distributed and ran for 14 weeks in Sydney but performed poorly in Melbourne.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Mark Swayer, 'The morning after the night before', Sydney Morning Herald, 15 April 2011 accessed 13 October 2012
- ^ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p144
- ^ "Video Overview Going Down (1983) on ASO - Australia's audio and visual heritage online". aso.gov.au. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- ^ Haydn Keenan, 'Going Down', AACMI, January 2008 Archived 28 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine accessed 13 October 2012
External links
edit- Going Down at IMDb
- Going Down at Australian Screen Online
- Going Down at Street Smart Films
- Going Down at Oz Movies
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