''Flashpoint'' is a 1972 Australian film.

Plot

David moves to a mining town in northwest Australia. He befriends a veteran worked for the mining company, Foxy, and his wife Vicky. Vicky and David become friends, making Foxy jealous.

Cast

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as David *

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as Foxy *Jan Kingsbury as Vicky *Hu Pryce as Ben *Kevin Leslie as Arthur *Barry Donnelly as Andy *Harry Lawrence as Jimmy *Ben Gabriel as mine manager

Production

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were inspired to make further drama productions following the success of ''

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'' (1970). They originally planned to make two films with common characters and opening scenes about the separate experiences of a father and son – the father would be a tradesman cop gin with unemployment at middle age while the son faces a new job. The film about the father, written by

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, was abandoned but the other film became ''Flashpoint''.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998 p268 Filming took place in the mining town of Newman approx 1200 km north of Perth in the Pilbara. Brian Hannant spent several weeks working among mining crews incognito, then developing a script with

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and, later, British TV writer Harold Lander. A subplot was written and shot where David had an affair with kindergarten teacher played by Kirrily Nolan. This was cut to keep the running time down.

Release

The film was distributed widely through non-commercial libraries in Australia and screened on television in 1973.

References

External links

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''Flashpoint''
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