Wrong World

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Wrong World
Directed byIan Pringle
Written byDoug Ling
Ian Pringle
Produced byBryce Menzies
StarringRichard Moir
Jo Kennedy
Nick Lathouris
Robbie McGregor
Esben Storm
CinematographyRay Argall
Edited byRay Argall
Music byEric Gradman
Dave Cahill
Rick Rischbieth
Release dates
February 1985 (Berlin International Film Festival)
3 April 1986 (Australia)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$600,000[1]
Box officeA$17,213 (Australia)

Wrong World is a 1985 Australian drama film directed by Ian Pringle and starring Richard Moir, Jo Kennedy, Nick Lathouris, Robbie McGregor, and Esben Storm. It was filmed in Nhill and Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, with additional scenes in La Paz, Bolivia and New York City.[2]

Plot[edit]

David (Richard Moir) is an Australian graduate doctor who has recently become disillusioned after practicing medicine in Bolivia and then travelling through the United States. Returning to his hometown of Melbourne, he meets Mary (Jo Kennedy), a young woman with a heroin addiction. Together, they set out on a road trip to her sister's house in Nhill.

Cast[edit]

  • Al Fahad Akash as Director
  • Richard Moir as David Trueman
  • Jo Kennedy as Mary
  • Nick Lathouris as Rangott
  • Robbie McGregor as Robert
  • Esben Storm as Lawrence
  • Tim Robertson as Psychiatrist

Production[edit]

The film was made with a grant of more than $100,000 from Film Victoria and an Australian Film Commission distribution guarantee.[1]

Box office[edit]

Pringle struggled to find a distributor and wound up distributing the movie himself with a grant from the AFC.[3] Wrong World grossed $17,213 at the box office in Australia.[4]

Awards and nominations[edit]

At the 35th Berlin International Film Festival in 1985, the Silver Bear for Best Actress went to Jo Kennedy and Ian Pringle was nominated for a Golden Bear.[5] At the AFI Awards Ray Argall was nominated in the Best Achievement in Cinematography category.[6]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b John O'Hara, "The Films of Ian Pringle", Cinema Papers, Feb–March 1985 p16-21
  2. ^ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p157
  3. ^ Paul Byrnes, "Making the Most on a Shoe String", The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 May 1986 p18 accessed 21 November 2012
  4. ^ Film Victoria – Australian Films at the Australian Box Office
  5. ^ "Berlinale: 1985 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  6. ^ IMDb – awards

Further reading[edit]

  • Murray, Scott, ed. (1994). Australian Cinema. St.Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin/AFC. p. 314. ISBN 1-86373-311-6.

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