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Note: Both De Roche and director Richard Franklin are credited with 'story', but only DeRoche is credited with 'screenplay'.
Issue Details: First known date: 1981... 1981 Roadgames
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Film Details - Essaness Pictures ; Quest , 1981

Producers:

Richard Franklin and Barbi Taylor.

Production Companies:

Essaness Pictures and Quest.

Director of Photography:

Vincent Monton.

Editors:

Edward McQueen-Mason.

Production Designers:

Jon Dowding.

Music:

Brian May.

Cast:

Including Stacy Keach (Patrick 'Pat' Quid), Jamie Lee Curtis (Pamela 'Hitch' Rushworth), Marion Edward (Madeleine 'Frita' Day), Grant Page (Smith or Jones), Thaddeus Smith (Policeman 'Abbott'), Steve Millichamp (Policeman 'Costello'), Alan Hopgood (Lester), John Murphy (Benny Balls), and Bill Stacey (Captain Careful).

Release Dates:

26 June 1981.

Location:

  • Filmed in Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia.

Awards:

  • Best International Film (nomination), Saturn Award, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films (USA), 1982.
  • Best Achievement in Cinematography (nomination), AFI Award, 1981.
  • Best Achievement in Editing (nomination), AFI Award, 1981.
  • Best Actress in a Supporting Role (nomination), AFI Award, 1981.
  • Best Original Music Score (nomination), AFI Award, 1981.
Subjects:
Settings:
  • Melbourne, Victoria,
  • Perth, Western Australia,
  • Nullarbor,
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