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What the Moon saw
Directed byPino Amenta
Written byFrank Howson
Produced byFrank Howson
StarringAndrew Shepherd
Max Phipps
Pat Evison
Kim Gyngell
Danielle Spencer
Production
company
Release date
December 1990
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$3,350,000[1]
Box officeA$43,919 (Australia)[2]

What the Moon Saw is a 1990 Australian film directed by Pino Amenta. It was the first of five movies Boulevard Films made following the success of Boulevard of Broken Dreams (1988) and was based on Howson's memories of being a child actor in the theatre.[3]

The musical performed in the film, Sinbad's Last Adventure was written by Howson.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Production Barometer", Cinema Papers, May 1989 p40
  2. ^ Australian Films at the Australian Box Office Report for Film Victoria
  3. ^ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p153
  4. ^ Adrian Jackson, "What the Moon Saw", Australian Film 1978-1992, Oxford Uni Press, 1993 p307