Jack and Jill: A Postscript is a 1970 Australian film.
Plot
Jill, a kindergarten teacher who lives with her parents, meets Jack, a biker. The two fall in love but are unable to reconcile their differences, with tragic results.
Cast
- Anthony Ward as Jack Anderson
- Judy Leech attas Gillian O'Keefe
- Lindsay How as Christopher
- Stanley Randall as Stan
- Jean Higgs as Mrs Whelan
- Phyllis Freeman as Mrs O'Keefe
- Alan Higgs as Mr O'Keefe
- Gerry Humphries as Gerry
- Bob Cornish as television announcer
- Gordon Rumph as minister
- Sylvia Threlfall as minister's wife
- Ray Watts as the singer
Production
The script was originally devised in 1964 as a series of sketches where nursery rhymes provided commentary on modern suburbia. It took several years to film and shooting finished in mid 1969.[1][3]
Release
The film won a silver award at the 1969 Australian Film Awards and screened at a number of festivals. It was released commercially by Columbia Pictures.[4]
References
- ^ a b Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 247
- ^ Hall, Sandra (15 February 1969). "Who's filming what". The Bulletin. p. 42.
- ^ David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980 p12
- ^ Bruce Hodson, 'The Carlton Ripple and the Australian Film Revival', Screening the Past Archived 18 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine accessed 15 Sept 2012
External links
- Jack and Jill: A Postscript at IMDb
- Jack and Jill: A Postscript at Australian Screen Online
- Jack and Jill a Postscript at Oz Movies
- Jack and Jill: A Postscript is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive