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The Perfectionist
Written byDavid Williamson
Date premieredSeptember 1981
Place premieredDrama Theatre, Sydney
Original languageEnglish

The Perfectionist is a 1981 play by David Williamson. It was adapted into a film for television directed by Chris Thomson in 1985.

Plot[edit]

The plot revolves around an academic who is working on a PhD. His wife hires a Danish student to babysit their children.

Film version[edit]

The Perfectionist
Directed byChris Thomson
Written byDavid Williamson
Produced byPatricia Lovell
StarringJacki Weaver
John Waters
Noel Ferrier
Steven Vidler

Production
companies

Roadshow, Coote & Carroll

Distributed byNetwork Ten

Release date

  • 1985 (1985)

Running time

93 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$1,475,000[1][2]

In 1983 Patricia Lovell announced plans to produce a film version of the play directed by Williamson but they were unable to finance it. A telemovie was made in 1985.[3][4] The telemovie was subsequently sold in multiple international territories, but also for television and direct-to-video.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Production", Cinema Papers, March 1986 p63
  • ^ "TIMESTYLE". The Canberra Times. 7 April 1985. p. 12. Retrieved 25 December 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  • ^ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p191
  • ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970–1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p37
  • ^ David Williamson's The Perfectionist (1985). Ozmovies. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
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