Centrespread

Centrespread
Directed by Tony Paterson
Produced by Wayne Groom
Written by Michael Ralph
Robert Fogden
Starring Kylie Foster
Paul Trahir
Cinematography Geoffrey Simpson
Distributed by Greg Lynch Film Distributors
Release date
July 1981[1]
Running time
82 mins
Country Australia
Language English
Budget A$600,000[2] or $125,000[3]

Centrespread is a futuristic Ozploitation movie about a jaded photographer for sex magazines who has been commissioned to find a girl with "a new look, a different approach, someone for the new century."

Production

Producer Wayne Groom said they "want to find an unknown girl" for the lead "and make her a star."[4]

The movie was shot in Adelaide at the South Australian Film Corporation's studios. Filming began in September 1980.[5]

Reception

The film was released in 1981.[2] David Stratton described the film as "atrocious".[6] Most reviews were poor. [7]

References

  1. "Advertising". The Canberra Times. 55, (16, 743). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 30 July 1981. p. 17. Retrieved 31 March 2018 via National Library of Australia.
  2. 1 2 Scott Murray, "Centrespread", Australian Film 1978–1992, Oxford Uni Press 1993 p72
  3. Interview with Greg Lynch, Cinema Papers, March-April 1981
  4. "Spreading the news". The Canberra Times. 54, (16, 387). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 August 1980. p. 23. Retrieved 31 March 2018 via National Library of Australia.
  5. "IN BRIEF Plans for six new Alms". The Canberra Times. 54, (16, 322). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 3 June 1980. p. 3. Retrieved 31 March 2018 via National Library of Australia.
  6. David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p137
  7. "LIFE STYLE". The Canberra Times. 55, (16, 743). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 30 July 1981. p. 15. Retrieved 31 March 2018 via National Library of Australia.


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