''Mortgage'' is a 1990 Australian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Bill Bennett William Richards Bennett, (April 14, 1932 – December 3, 2015) was the 27th premier of British Columbia from 1975 to 1986. He was a son of Annie Elizabeth May (Richards) and former Premier, W. A. C. Bennett. He was a 3rd cousin, twice removed, ...

Plot

Dave and Tina Dodd want to buy a house. They make a contract with shifty John Napper who suggests builder George Shooks.

Production

The film was one of a series of drama documentaries produced at Film Australia for the Nine Network dealing with social issues. It was filmed using hand held cameras. The actors improvised their parts based on workshopping scenes and had real people in small roles as professionals.David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p211-212 Others in the series included ''

Prejudice Prejudice can be an affective feeling towards a person based on their perceived group membership. The word is often used to refer to a preconceived (usually unfavourable) evaluation or classification of another person based on that person's per ...

''. Bill Bennett described it as one of his favourite films."Interview with Bill Bennett", ''Signet'', 11 April 1996
Retrieved 17 November 2012

References

External links

* Australian drama films Films directed by Bill Bennett 1990 films Mortgage industry of Australia 1990 drama films 1990s English-language films 1990s Australian films English-language drama films {{1990s-Australia-film-stub