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Mortgage (film)

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Mortgage
Directed byBill Bennett
Written byBill Bennett
Produced byBruce Moir
StarringBrian Vriends
Doris Younane
Bruce Venables
Production
company
Distributed byNetwork Nine (TV)
Home Cinema Group (video)
Release date
11 April 1990 (TV)
Running time
98 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Mortgage is a 1990 Australian drama film directed by Bill Bennett.[1]

Plot

Dave and Tina Dodd want to buy a house. They make a contract with shifty John Napper who suggests builder George Shooks.

Production

The film was one of a series of drama documentaries produced at Film Australia for the Nine Network dealing with social issues. It was made using improvisation.[2] Others in the series included Prejudice.

Bill Bennett described it as one of his favourite films.[3]

References

  1. ^ Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p108
  2. ^ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p211-212
  3. ^ "Interview with Bill Bennett", Signet, 11 April 1996 Archived 8 December 2012 at archive.today accessed 17 November 2012