Cool Change (film)

Cool Change
Cool Change
Directed by	George T. Miller
Written by	Patrick Edgeworth
Produced by	Geoff Burrowes; Dennis Wright
Starring	Jon Blake; ; Deborra-Lee Furness
Cinematography	John Haddy
Music by	Bruce Rowland
Production; company	Burrowes Film Group
Release date	10 April 1986
Running time	89 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	A$3.5 million
Box office	A$60,868 (Australia)

Cool Change is a 1986 Australian action film directed by George T. Miller. It stars Jon Blake and .^[3]^[4]

Plot[]

A park ranger is caught in a conflict between farmers and conservationists.

Cast[]

Jon Blake as Steve
as Joanna
Deborra-Lee Furness as Lee
as James Hardwicke
Alec Wilson as Bull Raddick

Production[]

The film was shot on location in Mansfield and the Victorian Alps.^[5]

Critical reception[]

The critic from the Sydney Morning Herald called the movie "a spectacularly simplistic propaganda piece for the cattle farmers of the Victorian high plains".^[6]

Box office[]

Cool Change grossed $60,868 at the box office in Australia,^[7] which is equivalent to $132,692 in 2009 dollars.

References[]

^ "Production", Cinema Papers, March 1986 p62
^ "Features Drama at former vice-regal residence Hello, hello: the real men drop in". The Canberra Times. 23 December 1985. p. 21. Retrieved 24 December 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Cool Change (1986) - George Miller | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
^ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p224
^ Greg Kerr, "Cool Change", Australian Film 1978–1992, Oxford Uni Press 1993 p187
^ "Son of Snowy", Sydney Morning Herald 17 April 1986. accessed 10 May 2013
^ "Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2010.

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[1] "Production", Cinema Papers, March 1986 p62

[2] "Features Drama at former vice-regal residence Hello, hello: the real men drop in". The Canberra Times. 23 December 1985. p. 21. Retrieved 24 December 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] "Cool Change (1986) - George Miller | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".

[stratton2-4] David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p224

[5] Greg Kerr, "Cool Change", Australian Film 1978–1992, Oxford Uni Press 1993 p187

[6] "Son of Snowy", Sydney Morning Herald 17 April 1986. accessed 10 May 2013

[7] "Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2010.

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