Mull (film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = Mull
| image =
| caption =
| director = Don McLennan
| producer = {{ubl|Antony I. Ginnane|Howard Grigsby}}
| writer = {{ubl|Bron Nicholls|Jon Stephens}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Nadine Garner|Bill Hunter|Sue Jones|Mary Coustas|Juno Roxas}}
| music = Michael Atkinson
| cinematography = Zbigniew Friedrich
| editing = Zbigniew Friedrich
| studio = Ukiyo Films
| distributor = International Film Management World Releasing Inc
| released = {{Film date|1988}}
| runtime = 92 minutes
| country = Australia
| language = English
| budget = A$3 millionDavid Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p363-364
}}
Mull is a 1988 Australian drama film directed by Don McLennan. The film is based on the popular 1986 book, Mullaway by Bronwen 'Bron' Nichols.{{cite book|url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/29832|title=Mullaway|last=Nichols|first=Bron|year=1986|publisher=Penguin Books|place=Ringwood, Victoria|ISBN=0-14-008440-1}}
Plot
A sixteen-year-old teenage girl (Nadine Garner) is forced to care for her family, when her mother (Sue Jones) finds out she is dying of Hodgkin’s disease. The family consists of her father (Bill Hunter) a reformed alcoholic and recently born-again Christian, her heroin-dabbling closet gay older brother (Craig Morrison), and two trying younger siblings (Bradley Kilpatrick and Kymara Stowers) all packed into a rented flat in the Melbourne bayside suburb of St Kilda. She also has to deal with her pregnant Greek best friend (Mary Coustas), her yearnings for her brother’s lover (Juno Roxas) and her gay former schoolteacher plus his lover.
Cast
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|+ Main cast {{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097927/fullcredits#cast|title=Full cast and crew for|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=23 April 2010}} |
| Actor/actress
! Character |
|---|
| Nadine Garner
| Phoebe Mullens |
| Bill Hunter
| Frank Mullens |
| Sue Jones
| Deborah Mullens |
| Craig Morrison
| Steven Mullens |
| Bradley Kilpatrick
| Allan Mullens |
| Kymara Stowers
| Jodie Mullens |
| Dominic Sweeney
| Jim |
| Juno Roxas
| Guido |
| Esme Melville
| Fanny |
| Gerard Maguire
| Dr. Graham |
| Mary Coustas
| Helen |
| Monty Maizels
| Don |
| Nick Giannopoulos
| George |
| David Cameron
| Larry |
| Bruce Langdon
| Paul |
| Vince Jones
| jazz singer |
Production
Awards
Mull received six nominations at the 1988 Australian Film Institute Awards: 'Best Film', 'Best Director' (McLennan), 'Best Actress' (Garner), 'Best Supporting Actress' (for both Jones and Coustas) and 'Best Costume Design' (Jeanie Cameron). Nadine Garner winning the 'Best Actress' award.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xGYRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EJcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3906,3614836&dq=nadine+garner&hl=en|title=Former 'Henderson Kid' Nadine Garner is now one of nation's brightest talents|date=25 April 1989|work=The Age|pages=12|accessdate=22 January 2010|location=Sydney}}
The film was also screened at the 33rd Regus London Film Festival in 1989.{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/event/5202|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114074002/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/event/5202|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 January 2009|title=33rd Regus London Film Festival|publisher=British Film Institute|accessdate=23 April 2010}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0097927}}
- [http://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/mullaway Mullaway] at Oz Movies
Category:Australian LGBTQ-related films
Category:Australian drama films
Category:1980s English-language films
Category:Films directed by Don McLennan
Category:1980s Australian films
Category:1980s LGBTQ-related drama films
Category:1988 LGBTQ-related films
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