''Blowing Hot and Cold'' is a 1989 Australian

comedy-drama Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

film directed by

Marc Gracie Marc Gracie is an Australian writer, producer and director of films and television, best known for his work in the comedy field. In 2009 he won the 2009 Melbourne Underground Film Festival Best Director award for The Tumbler. He directed the or ...

and starring

Joe Dolce Joseph Dolce (born October 13, 1947) (, originally ) is an American-Italian singer/songwriter, poet and essayist. Dolce achieved international recognition with his multi-million-selling song, "Shaddap You Face", released worldwide under the n ...

and Peter Adams. The plot is about an Italian who befriends a garage owner whose daughter has run off with a drug dealer.

Premise

Two people from Italy and Australia set their cultural differences aside to search for a girl who ran off with a drug dealer.

Cast

* Peter Adams as Jack Phillips *

as Nino Patrovita *Kate Gorman as Sally Phillips

Production

It was originally announced the film would be made in 1984 starring

Arkie Whiteley Arkie Deya Whiteley (6 November 1964 – 19 December 2001) was an Australian actress who appeared in television and film. Early life and education Whiteley's parents were the renowned Australian artist Brett Whiteley and cultural figure Wen ...

directed by

Brian Trenchard-Smith Brian Medwin Trenchard-Smith (born 1946) is an English-Australian filmmaker and author, known for his idiosyncratic and satirical low-budget genre films. His filmography covers action, science fiction, martial arts, dystopian fiction, comedy, w ...

.David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p. 90 The film was shot in

Redesdale, Victoria Redesdale is a town in central Victoria, Australia. It is located partly in the City of Greater Bendigo local government area and partly in the Shire of Mount Alexander. At the , Redesdale and the surrounding area had a population of 240. Hi ...

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Diggers Rest, Victoria Diggers Rest (formerly Diggers' Rest) is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Cities of Hume and Melton local government areas. Diggers Rest recorded a population ...

Taradale, Victoria Taradale is a small town in Victoria, Australia. It is located beside the Calder Highway between Melbourne and Bendigo. Its local government area is the Shire of Mount Alexander. At the , Taradale had a population of 448. The town is also loca ...

and

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

.Scott Murray, "Blowing Hot and Cold", ''Australian Film 1978–1992'', Oxford Uni Press 1993 p. 265

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at Oz Movies 1989 films 1989 comedy-drama films Films with screenplays by Sergio Donati Films with screenplays by Luciano Vincenzoni Films shot in Melbourne Australian comedy-drama films 1980s English-language films 1980s Australian films English-language comedy-drama films {{1980s-Australia-film-stub