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Film Details - Nautilus Productions , 1969

Producers:

Michael Powell (Producer)

James Mason (Producer)

Michael Pate (Associate Producer)

Production Companies:

Nautilus Productions

Finance Organisations:

Columbia Pictures (London)

Director of Photography:

Hannes Staudinger

Editors:

Anthony Buckley

Production Designers:

Dennis Gentle

Composer:

Peter Sculthorpe (Australian version)

Stanley Myers (UK and USA versions)

Music:

Stanley Myers: Conductor

Cast:

Incl. James Mason (Bradley Morahan), Helen Mirren (Cora Ryan), Jack MacGowran (Nat Kelly), Neva Carr-Glynn (Ma Ryan), Andonia Katsaros (Isabel Marley), Michael Boddy (Hendricks), Harold Hopkins (Ted Farrell), Slim DeGrey (Cooley), Max Meldrum (TV Interviewer), Frank Thring (Godfrey, the Art Dealer), Clarissa Kaye-Mason [as Clarissa Kaye] (Meg), Judith McGrath (Grace), Lenore Caton (Edna), Diane Strachan (Susie), Roberta Grant (Ivy), Lonsdale (Godfrey the dog), Prince Nial (Jasper the dog), Geoff Cartwright (Newsboy), Peggy Cass (New Yorker's Wife), Hudson Faucett (New Yorker), Tommy Hanlon Jr. (Levi-Strauss), Dora Hing (Receptionist), Eric Reiman (Art Lover).

Release Dates:

1. World premiere held at the Odeon Theatre, Brisbane on 27 March 1969. Other release dates include USA (14 May 1969); UK (15 November 1969); West Germany (28 November 1969); Japan (15 May 1970); Denmark (21 September 1970).

2. Released on DVD format by Flashstar Home Video (Brazil) ca. 2005. Also released in 2009 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (USA) as part of The Films of Michael Powell collection.

Location:

Filmed on location on Dunk Island, Great Barrier Reef, and at Albion Park Paceway, Breakfast Creek, Brisbane (Queensland). Interior scenes were filmed at the Ajax Filmcentre, Sydney (NSW).

Notes:

1. Also known as Çiplak Model (Turkey); A Idade da Reflexão (Brazil); Corazones en Fuga (Mexico ); Das Mädchen vom Korallenriff (West Germany); Homens Maduros (Portugal); L'età del Consenso (Italy); Pigen på Koraløen (Denmark)

2. Made on a budget of $1.2 million, mostly financed by Columbia Pictures (London), Age of Consent was filmed almost entirely in Queensland. Production began in March 1968.

3. When released in London in November 1969, the film was slightly altered. Peter Sculthorpe's soundtrack was replaced by a score from Stanley Myers. Six minutes from the Australian release were also cut. Its reception in England was generally positive, with The Times critic admitting to being 'disarmed by the film's extrovert robustness, its elements of very hearty, knockabout humour, its unaffected delight in Australian scene, its naive, uncomplicated eroticism' (Pike and Cooper, 1980, p. 315).
A restored version of Age of Consent screened at the State Theatre on Sunday, June 19, during the 2005 Sydney Film Festival. Afterwards, Sydney Morning Herald film writer Garry Maddox chaired a discussion with composer Peter Sculthorpe, editor Anthony Buckley, associate producer Michael Pate and production manager Kevin Powell (son of the director).

4. Further reference: Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper. Australian Film 1900-1977, A Guide to Feature Film Production (1980, q.v.), pp.

The trailer for the film is available at http://youtu.be/UHrEmY2RqyU (Sighted 25/01/12)

Subjects:

Coast,
Queensland,

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