The Place at the Coast
1987 Australian film
- 17 September 1987 (1987-09-17)
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The Place at the Coast is a 1987 Australian drama film directed by George Ogilvie and starring John Hargreaves. Given the working title "The Bee Eater",[3] it was based on an unpublished novel by Jane Hyde, provisionally called "At Kilkee"[4] but subsequently published with the same name as the film.[5]
Plot
Young Ellie McAdam's passion and shelter is the pristine landscape surrounding the village of Kilkee on the Australian east coast where she and her father Neil, an abstracted widower, spend peaceful holidays in a ramshackle beach house disrupted by visits from their obstreperous extended family. When Neil is blinded by the sudden rediscovery of love, Ellie finds herself isolated in her opposition to a development that will destroy the landscape forever.
Cast
- John Hargreaves as Neil McAdam
- Heather Mitchell as Margot Ryan
- Tushka Bergen as Ellie McAdam
- Julie Hamilton as Enid Burroughs
- Aileen Britton as Gran
- Willie Fennell as Fred Ryan
- Michele Fawdon as Aunt Helen
Nominations
Australian Film Institute Awards[6]
- Australian Film Institute Award for Best Screenplay - Hilary Furlong
- Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Julie Hamilton
- Australian Film Institute Award for Best Achievement in Production Design - Owen Paterson
- Australian Film Institute Award for Best Costume Design - Anna French
References
- ^ "Australian Productions Top $175 million", Cinema Papers, March 1986 p64
- ^ "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria. Retrieved 24 October 2012
- ^ "Features: Movie team on location at the beach". The Canberra Times. Vol. 60, no. 18, 447. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 4 April 1986. p. 13. Retrieved 18 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The Place at the Coast". The Australian Jewish News. Vol. 26, no. 6. Victoria, Australia. 10 November 1989. p. 29. Retrieved 18 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p365-366
- ^ Awards for The Place at the Coast IMDB. Retrieved on 3 June 2011
External links
- The Place at the Coast at IMDb
- The Place at the Coast at Oz Movies
- Review of film at SBS Movie Show
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Films directed by George Ogilvie
- Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
- Short Changed (1986)
- The Place at the Coast (1987)
- The Shiralee (1987)
- The Crossing (1990)
- The Battlers (1994)
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