The Lizard King (film)

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The Lizard King
Directed byGeoffrey Nottage
Written byLouis Nowra
Produced byJan Chapman
StarringMarie-Christine Barrault
John Hargreaves
Production
company
ABC Revcom
Release date
28 February 1988
Running time
96 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

The Lizard King is a 1988 Australian television film about a woman who comes from France to Australia in search of her son.[1][2]

Production

The movie was based on an idea by director Geoffrey Nottage. Producer Jan Chapman had just made two telemovies written by Louis Nowra and hired Nowra to write the script. Nowra was reluctant to work on a project that came from someone else's idea but enjoyed collaborating with Chapman and had just read Jules Verne's Mistress Branican which had a similar plot and felt the offer was too serendipitous to refuse. Nowra later said he thought Nottage did a good job as director but was dissatisfied with the limitations of working for television.[3]

References

  1. ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p101
  2. ^ Review at Sydney Morning Herald 28 February 1988 accessed 12 July 2013
  3. ^ Interview with Louis Nowra at Lumina accessed 11 March 2014

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