''The Clinic'' is a 1982
Australia
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n film produced by Robert Le Tet and Bob Weis and directed by
David Stevens. The film is a comedy/drama describing a day in a
Melbourne
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VD clinic focusing on four doctors and their patients. It was filmed in Melbourne, Australia and Deniliquin, Australia.
[David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p321] It was distributed by
Village Roadshow
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Award nominations
In 1983 the film received 2
AFI Award
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nominations for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (
Pat Evison
Dame Helen June Patricia Evison (née Blamires; 2 June 1924 – 30 May 2010), known professionally as Pat Evison, was a New Zealand-born actress.
Early life and education
Evison was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, on 2 June 1924, the daughter of ...
) and Best Original Screenplay (
Greg Millin).
Cast
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Chris Haywood
Chris Haywood (born ) is an English-born Australian actor, writer and producer, with close to 500 screen performances to his name. Haywood has also worked as a casting director, art director, sound recordist, camera operator, gaffer, grip, l ...
as Dr. Eric Linden
*
Simon Burke
Simon Gareth Burke (born 8 October 1961) is an Australian actor, active in films, television and theatre.
Biography
Simon Burke began his career at the age of 12, starring in Michael Cove's ''Kookaburra''; a painful look at a dysfunctional wo ...
as Paul
*
Gerda Nicolson
Gerda Maureen Nicolson (11 November 1937 – 12 June 1992) was an Australian theatre and television actress best known for several long-running television roles. She was best known for playing Governor Ann Reynolds of the Wentworth Detention Cen ...
as Linda
*
Rona McLeod
Rona McLeod is an Australian actress, noted for her television appearances.
She appeared as pregnant inmate Jeannie Stanton in ''Prisoner'', had a recurring role in ''Neighbours'' during 1990 and 1991 as Felicity Brent, completely unrecognisabl ...
as Dr. Carol Young
*
Suzanne Roylance as Patty
*
Veronica Lang
Veronica Lang is an Australian-born actress, who started her career in England in theatre and television, before working in her native country, she also briefly worked in America. She won the 1977 AFI Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role ...
as Nancy
*Pat Evison as Alda
*Max Bruch as Hassad
*
Gabrielle Hartley
Gabrielle may refer to:
* Gabrielle (given name), a French female given name derived from Gabriel
Film and television
* Gabrielle (1954 film), ''Gabrielle'' (1954 film), a Swedish film directed by Hasse Ekman
* Gabrielle (2005 film), ''Gabrielle ...
as Gillian
*
Jane Clifton
Jane Clifton (born 10 April 1949) is a Gibraltar-born Australian actress, singer, writer and voice artist.
She is best known for her role in TV serial ''Prisoner'' as tough prison bookie Margo Gaffney.
As a singer, she had a stint with Jo Jo ...
as Sharon
Box office
'' The Clinic'' grossed $414,000 at the box office in Australia,
''Film Victoria – Australian Films at the Australian Box Office''
/ref> which is equivalent to $1,092,960
in 2009 dollars.
See also
* Cinema of Australia
References
Further reading
*
External links
*
*
''The Clinic''
at Oz Movies
''The Clinic'' at the National Film and Sound ArchiveSeabrook House
location of the fictional VD clinic at 573 Lonsdale St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia.
1982 films
1982 comedy-drama films
Australian comedy-drama films
Films shot in Melbourne
1980s English-language films
1980s Australian films
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