PRODUCTION REPORT
Barmaids Leslie (Malissa Jaffer) and Caddie.
has an awful lot to offer, and an aw ful lot to teach the rest of the world. I don’t want to be part of the Swedish film industry. I think it is fantastic, but I don’t want to be part of it — I want to.be part of the Australian film industry. I would ultimately like to see all the people who are making a film getting into a group relationship. I experienced bits of this on Stone, Picnic and Caddie, where we had that ease musicians have when they work — that sort of jamming together. Crombie: Filmmaking is a com munity enterprise. I don’t think there is in Australia a director who has total artistic control over his film, where everybody is subservient to his wishes. I suppose people like Hi t c hc oc k would have such eminence that their operat or wouldn’t dare.argue with them. But in Australia it is so much a group thing. I am grateful if-people tell me if they feel something is not working — I won’t get offended. If is better they speak up. How much importance, in terms of shooting style and pacing, was placed on commercial considerations? Crombie: Well we are making a commercial film. We feel very strongly about that. If it fails to be commercial it won’t be because we decided to make an art film. What we are getting into now is the overall politics of the film in dustry in Australia at the moment. It is terribly important that this film, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Sunday Too Far Away and The Removalists succeed, because these are the first films that are not the Bazza McKen zies and Alvin Purples. I don’t like to call them ‘serious’ films because I don’t want to suggest that these others are not. In other words we are trying to make commercial films out of sub jects like Caddie, out of girls dis appearing on Hanging Rock. It is important that these films succeed, because we have a tremendous responsibility to see that these sorts of films continue to be made. Morse: I have to disagree with
you. You make a film to get across to people to communicate with them. To me there is just no difference. I read an awful lot of rubbish about films being labelled as com m e r c i a l or i m p o r t a n t and meaningful. It just gives me the shits, because on every film I have been in volved with, everybody has cared so much about it and put so much effort into it. Yet it gets labelled “rip-off’, or “arty” . Do you ever feel caught up in the question of the great Australian film? Crombie: No, I don’t feel there’s any pressure on me, because quite honestly if we worried about what people thought, as well as the money and hopes that are riding on it, we would go mad. All I will say is that I feel we have got to succeed so others can follow, because if we fail it makes it harder for them. I don’t think it makes it impossible, because let us face it, 75 per cent of all films fail. It is a tough business, and a high risk one. I think the pressure is on us, particularly in the current political climate, because if there is a change of government in the next 12 months, we have got to be able to go up to them and say: “ Look, we are making commercial films for $300,000$400,000, please let us keep making them.” We have to keep the Film Commission’s budget up. You must be heartened though by the way “Picnic” and “Sunday” are doing financially. Crombie: We are delighted. We who are following can only wish them continued success. It will be interesting to see how Caddie goes, because it is the second film that has dealt vaguely with this period, and there is a hell of a lot of interest in it among the older generation. It will be interesting to see what the market will be, whether the younger people go, or not. There are two schools of thought, one is that the younger people will be in terested in it because they want to see what life was like, while the other is that the oldies will go for the nostalgia.
Peter James adjusts a scrim while camera operator John Seale checks the framing.
CREW Director ............................................. Don Crombie C addie......................... P roducer......................................... Anthony Buckley P e t e r ........................... Unit M a n a g e r.....................................Errol Sullivan E s th e r......................... Production Secretary .............................. Pom Oliver Josie ........................... Director of Photography .......................Peter James Ted ............................ E d ito r ...................................................Tim Wellburn Mardie ...................... Production M anager........................ Ross Matthews Leslie........................... Art D irector....................................... Owen Williams Bill............................... Production Accountant .................... Treisha Ghant Sonny ........................ Assistant Production A cco u n tan t.......................... John Marsh .............. Sue Gatfield Mater ........................ Wardrobe Designer...............................Judy Dorsman Pawnbroker .............. Sound R e co rd ist.................................................... DesBone Paper Boy ................ First Assistant Directors ....................... Janet Isaac, Terry March (age 5) Hal McElroy Terry Marsh (age 11) Second AssistantD irector................... Mark Turnbull Ann Marsh (age 2) . . Third Assistant Director .............. Steve Knapman Ann Marsh (age 9) . . Camera Operator ..................................... John Seale Middle-aged Man . . . Focus P uller................................. David Williamson Black E y e .................. Boom O p e ra to r..................................Graham Irwin Mrs Norris ................ Mrs M a rk s................ C lapper/L oader..................................Garry Phillips Mrs Sw eeney............ G a ffe r....................................................................TonyTegg Continuity ..........................................Adrianne Read Slight M a n ................ Art Department assistant .................... Jenny Green Male Drinker 1 ........ G rip ......................................................... Ross Erickson D aisy.......................... Assistant Editor ........................................ Les Fidess Male Drinker 2 ......... Assistant G r i p .................................Noel McDonald Alcoholic Woman . . . Still photography ....................................Geoff Neild Raffle Man .............. H airdresser...............................................Jenny Brown Billy ............................ Best B oy.................................................. Derek Jones Male Drinker 3 ........ M ake-up...................................................Peggy Carter Bar Useful 1 ............ Wardrobe standby.................................Mandy Smith Policeman I .............. Seamstress ..............................................Joyce Stokes Constable 1 .............. Wardrobe assista n t............................. Lindsay Brown Male Drinker 4 ........ Property Master ..................................Grace Walker Male Drinker 5 ........ Dubbing E d ito r....................................... Sara Bennett Tipsy M a n ................ Standby P ro p s.....................................Monte Fieguth Smart A lec................ Electrics 1 ................................................Paul Moyes Mrs P l a t t .................. Unit Runner .......................................... Dennis Oran Mr P la tt.................... Research assistant....................................Lissa Coote Pianola Woman . . . . Construction M a n ag er.......................... John Denton Doctor 1 .................... Taxi Driver 2 ............. Assistant to Construction Department ................ Rod Horner Hospital S ister.......... Carpenters ............ Merv McLaughlin, Ron Loebel Maudie Friend 1 . . . . Assistant Dubbing Editor ...................Helen Brown Maudie Friend 2 . . . . S ta n d in ....................................................... Jenny Ogle Brewery D riv e r........ Catering ............................................. Harry Williams Boys' Home Matron V ik k i........................... Unit D o cto r.................................Dr R.D.A. Currie L aboratory................................................... Colorfilm Wally ......................... Sound laboratory ................................ United Sound Hotel Boss 1 ............ Hearty M a n .............. Man in Saloon ........ I v y .................... .......... Hotel Boss 2 ............. Bar Useful 2 ............. Landlady 2 ................. Shop W om an............ Dole C le r k ................ Bar Useful 3 ............ Welfare O ffic e r........ Doctor 2 ...................... M issus........................ Sarah Tonks ............ Police Sgt. 3 ............ Neighbor I ................ Neighbor 2 ................. Paddy Reilly ............ Solicitor .................... Ted's R u n n e r............ Unemployed Man . .. Man at B a r .............. Man’s Voice.............. Man at Counter . . . . Mr Norris ................ Girls’ Home Matron Saloon P ia n ist.......... Landlady 1 ................ J o k e r .......................... Hum .......................... Lone Drunk .............. V ictim ........................ Constable 2 .............. Party P ia n is t............
.......... Helen Morse .. Takis Emmanuel ..........Kirilli Nolan . . . Jacki Weaver . . Jack Thompson ............Lyn Curran ........Melissa Jaffer . . . Ron Blanchard . . . Drew Forsythe ........Phillip Hinton ........Mary Mackay ..........Lucky Grills ..........Jamie Bonic ........Simon Hinton ........ Sean Hinton Deborah Kounnas Marianne Howard .. Karol Florsheim . . . . Robin Nevan .......... Pat Everson .......... June Salter .............. Joy Ruby ............ Rob Steel . . . . Johnny Craig .............Jan Ardele . . . . Johnny Craig . Shirley Cameron ........ Stan Penrose ............ Sid Heylan . . . Doug Scrooper .......... Pat Rooney ............ Bob Hallet ..........Dennis New ........ Reg Gorman ...............Dick Moss ........Ray Marshall ........Dave Allenby . .Dolore Whiteman . . Richard Gilbert . .. . Carmel Cullen ........Brian Wenzel ........Barry. Rugless ............Judy Ferris ..........Lorna Leslie ..........Linda Keane ...................Bill Lyle ............... Joan Lord ........Jane Harders .. . Johnny Gredula ............ Reg Gillam . . . Barney Coombs . . . . Danny Adcock ,. Elizabeth Chance ............ Alan Penny . . Stuart Campbell ........Margot Lloyd . . .. Beryl Marshall ........ Brian Nyland . .Frankie Davidson . . . . Kevin Howard ........ Willie Fennel . . . . Doris Goddard . . . . Jenny Howard ........ Colin Hughes ........ Julie Dawson ........ Connie Hobbs ............ John Ewart ............ John Gaden Johnny Quicksilver , ........ Ray Mitchell .. Johnny Garfield ................ Ed Turley . . . . Gough Vockler .......... Les Foxcroft ........ Dairy Harper ............... Jack Allen . . . . Shirley Donald ...............John Kelly .......... Frank Lloyd . . . Ernest Butchard ................ Ai Kenny . . . . Terry Hawsley .. Darryl Freestone
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