''Palm Beach'' is a 1980 Australian drama film directed by

Albie Thoms Albie Thoms (28 July 1941 – 28 November 2012) was an Australian film director, writer, and producer. He was born in Sydney, Australia. He was nominated for at the 1979 AFI Awards for Best Original Screenplay for Palm Beach. He is best known ...

. The stories involving surfing and drugs are followed in Sydney during two days. Thoms was nominated for an

AFI award The Australian Film Institute (AFI) was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Australian film industry. It is responsi ...

for Best Original Screenplay for the film. Thoms had made a large number of experimental films but this was his first traditional feature.

David Stratton David James Stratton (born 10 September 1939) is an English-Australian award-winning film critic, as both a journalist and interviewer, film historian and lecturer and television personality and producer. Life and career Born in Trowbridge, ...

, ''The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival'', Angus & Robertson, 1980, p. 280

Cast

*Kenneth Brown as Joe Ryan *

Nat Young Robert Harold "Nat" Young (born 14 November 1947) is an Australian surfer and author. Surfing career Born in Sydney, New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New Sout ...

as Nick Naylor *Amanda Berry as Leilani Adams *

Bryan Brown Bryan Neathway Brown AM (born 23 June 1947) is an Australian actor. He has performed in over eighty film and television projects since the late 1970s, both in his native Australia and abroad. Notable films include ''Breaker Morant'' (1980), ' ...

as Paul Kite *

Julie McGregor Julie Anne McGregor (born 26 November 1948) is an Australian television actress and comedian, noted for her roles in comedy. Career In the 1970s, McGregor appeared in the Australian sketch comedy ''The Naked Vicar Show''. In the 1980s McGre ...

as Kate O'Brien *

John Flaus John Flaus (born 1934) is an Australian broadcaster and actor. Filmography *'' Rake'' (2014) *''Tracks'' (2013) *''Jack Irish'' (2012-2021) - 3 films and 15 episodes as Wilbur *''Pinion'' (2010) *''I Love You Too'' (2010) *''Mary and Max'' ( ...

as Larry Kent *Bronwyn Steven-Jones as Wendy Naylor *David Lourie as Zane Green *Peter Wright as Rupert Robert

References

External links

*
''Palm Beach''
at Oz Movies * 1980 films Australian sports drama films 1980s sports drama films 1980 drama films 1980s English-language films 1980s Australian films {{1980s-drama-film-stub