Bodysurfer. - Volume 2. | Ian Barry | 1989 | ACMI collection

Based on the award-winning collection of short-stories by Robert Drewe, Bodysurfer combines a number of characters and incidents to create a single narrative focusing on the troubled personal life of David Lang. Following the failure of his marriage he begins a series of casual affairs but memories of his past come flooding back to stir his feelings of guilt. Realising he has failed his son, he becomes a fugitive to reconsider his future. Cast includes Peter Kowitz, Linda Cropper, Joy Smithers and Penne Hackforth-Jones.

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Credits

producer

Ross Matthews

production company

ABC-TV (Australia)

director

Ian Barry

Duration

01:38:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1989

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302420

Language

English

Audience classification

MA

Subject categories

Adaptations

Literature → Australian literature - Film and video adaptations

Literature → Literature

Television

Television → Mini-series

Television → Television programs

Television → Television programs → Television programs - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Bodysurfer. - Volume 2.

Australia, 1989

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