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MediocreGoodWatch scoreSummary
A glossy thriller about a show-business tycoon with a shady background, and a young documentary filmmaker and his girlfriend who are making a film about him.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 45GoodWatch 53
IMDb4.5
Running time
1 h 21 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 dramas, −28 min on the typical 109
typical 10981Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 6 countries
Released
1980
October 16, 1980
46 years ago
Genres
DramaThrillerLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- Australia
Rated
- NRUnited States
Directing · 4
- Ross Dimsey Director, Writer
- Scott Hicks First Assistant Director
- Julie Bates Continuity
- Bob Fegelson Second Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Jonathan Dawson Writer, Original Story
Production · 3
- Frank Gardiner Executive Producer
- Mike Williams Producer
- Terrie Vincent Production Manager
Camera · 1
- Ron Johanson Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Tony Paterson Editor
Sound · 5
- Howard Davidson Original Music Composer
- Phil Heywood Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Julian Ellingworth Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- John Rowley Sound Recordist
- Max Bowring Boom Operator
Art · 1
- Phil Warner Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Camilla Rountree Costume Design
- Margaret Lingham Makeup & Hair
Other crew · 9
- Gary Paul Stunt Coordinator
- Tony Hugghins Stunts
- Stan Moore Stunts
- Jim Lovelett Stunts
- Brad Overturf Stunts
- Michael R. Long Stunts
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