Final Cut (1980 film)

Final Cut is a 1980 Australian thriller film directed by Ross Dimsey. It was the first movie funded by the Queensland Film Corporation, who provided half the budget.[1] The Australian Film Commission and private investment provided the rest of the finance. It was originally envisioned as a tele movie but then developed into a feature.[2]

Final Cut
Directed byRoss Dimsey
Produced byMike Williams and Frank Gardiner
Written byJonathan Dawson
Ross Dimsey
Based onan original idea by Jonathan Dawson
StarringLou Brown
David Clendinning
Jennifer Cluff
Narelle Johnson
CinematographyRon Johanson
Production
company
Wilgar Productions
Distributed byGreater Union
Release date
17 October 1980
Running time
81 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

It was shot at Surfers' Paradise.[3]

References

  1. David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p291
  2. "First Films for Corps", Cinema Papers, Dec-Jan 1979-80 p596
  3. Jim Schembri, "Final Cut", Australian Film 1978-1992, Oxford Uni Press, 1993 p59


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