Popularity: 5 (history)
| Director: | Gillian Armstrong |
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| Writer: | Laura Jones |
| Staring: |
| A backup singer gets stranded in a small coastal town after losing her job in a band. She winds up in a caravan park only to encounter, by accident, the teenage daughter she deserted following her husband's death. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 30, 1987 |
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| Director: | Gillian Armstrong |
| Writer: | Laura Jones |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | surfing, family, car trouble, responsibility, motherhood, woman director, caravan park, new south wales, backup singer |
| Production Companies | Hemdale Film Corporation, TriStar Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jul 30, 2025 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Judy Davis | Lillie |
| Jan Adele | Bet |
| Claudia Karvan | Ally |
| Colin Friels | Mick |
| John Clayton | Col |
| Frankie J. Holden | Lester |
| Toni Scanlan | Mary |
| Monica Trapaga | Tracey |
| Barry Rugless | Club Manager |
| 'Cowboy' Bob Purtell | Joe |
| Mark Hembrow | Mechanic |
| Emily Stocker | Michelle |
| Marc Aden Gray | Jason |
| Jan Boreham | Mona |
| May Howlett | Mick's Mum |
| Robert Lewis | Band Member |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Gillian Armstrong | Director |
| Peter Best | Original Music Composer |
| Russell Boyd | Director of Photography |
| Sally Campbell | Production Design |
| Mark Turnbull | First Assistant Director |
| Maria Phillips | Third Assistant Director |
| Peter Menzies Jr. | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Martin Oswin | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Peter Fenton | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Roger Cowland | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Jenny T. Ward | Art Department Coordinator |
| Liz Mullinar | Casting |
| Ian Allen | Art Direction |
| Tim Ferrier | Assistant Production Design, Set Decoration |
| Terry Ryan | Costume Design |
| Tim Jordan | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Phil Heywood | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Anne Breslin | Sound Editor |
| Nicholas Beauman | Editor |
| Sally Fitzpatrick | Assistant Sound Editor |
| John Patterson | Sound Editor |
| Kevin St. Alder | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Bernard Ledger | Stunt Coordinator |
| Ned McCann | Scenic Artist |
| John Rann | Construction Coordinator |
| Julie Forster | Production Manager |
| Libby Blainey | Title Designer |
| Michael Frankel | Thanks |
| Andrew Barnes | Assistant Editor |
| Antonia Barnard | Post Production Coordinator |
| Geoffrey Wharton | Second Unit Director of Photography, Steadicam Operator |
| George Greenough | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Hugh Johnston | Unit Production Manager |
| Daphne Paris | Continuity |
| Annette Patterson | Production Coordinator |
| Leah Cocks | Location Manager |
| Nick Breslin | Assistant Editor |
| David Gribble | Additional Director of Photography |
| Laura Jones | Screenplay |
| Ben Osmo | Sound Recordist |
| P.J. Voeten | Second Assistant Director |
| Lesley Vanderwalt | Makeup & Hair |
| David Atkins | Choreographer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Greg Ricketson | Associate Producer |
| Joseph Skrzynski | Executive Producer |
| Sandra Levy | Producer |
| Antony I. Ginnane | Executive Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 3 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 3 |
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| 2024 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 2 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
| 2025 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
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