The Everlasting Secret Family
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executive:
Antony I. Ginnane
| The Everlasting Secret Family | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Michael Thornhill |
| Written by | Frank Moorhouse |
| Based on | stories by Frank Moorhouse |
| Produced by | Michael Thornhill executive: Antony I. Ginnane |
| Starring | Arthur Dignam Mark Lee Heather Mitchell Dennis Miller John Meillon Paul Goddard Anna Volska |
| Cinematography | Julian Penney[1] |
| Edited by | Pam Barnetta[1] |
| Music by | Tony Bremner[2] |
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Release date |
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Running time | 94 mins |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2.5 million[3] |
| Box office | $280,000 (Australia)[3] |
The Everlasting Secret Family is a 1988 Australian film directed by Michael Thornhill about a secret society of gay men. It is based on Frank Moorhouse's so-named collection of four short stories published in 1980.
The movie was financed by Antony I. Ginnane's IFM company.[4]
IFM pre-sold the movie to Hemdale Film Corporation for $1.5 million but Hemdale was later unable to meet its pre-sale obligations.[3][5]
A fictional group of middle-aged homosexual men, including a senator, exercise quasi-masonic influence and power over teenage schoolboys from the fictional Saint Michael's Private School for Boys.[6] The film follows one of these boys (called only 'Youth'), as he rises through the ranks of the secret society.[7]
Cast
- Mark Lee as Youth
- John Meillon as Judge
- Drew Norman as Oil Boy
- Dennis Miller as Eric, the Chauffeur
- Arthur Dignam as Senator
- Alan Carey as Doctor at Oval
- Ken Keen as Headmaster
- Marcus Cornelius as Teacher at Oval
- Heather Mitchell as Wife
- Michael Winchester as School Teacher
- Louis Nowra as Shop Assistant
- Dominic Barry as Bell Captain
- Paul Davies as Waiter #1
- Allan Penney as Gardener
- Victor Ramon as Maitre d' #1
- Michael Kozuki as Mr. Akutangana
- Anna Volska as Wife's Friend
- Paul Goddard as Son
- John Clayton as Mayor