The Empty Beach

The Empty Beach
The Empty Beach
Directed by	Chris Thomson
Written by	Keith Dewhurst
Based on	novel by Peter Corris
Produced by	John Edwards; Tim Read
Starring	Bryan Brown; John Wood
Cinematography	John Seale
Edited by	Lindsay Frazer
Music by	Martin Armiger; Red Symons
Production; company	Jethro Films Pty Ltd
Distributed by	Hoyts
Release date	12 September 1985 (Australia)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	A$1.8 million
Box office	AU $34,341 (Australia)

The Empty Beach is a 1985 Australian thriller film starring Bryan Brown as private investigator Cliff Hardy inquires into the disappearance of a beautiful woman's wealthy husband from Bondi Beach. Based on the 1983 novel by Peter Corris of the same name.

Cast[]

Bryan Brown as Cliff Hardy
Anna Maria Monticelli as Anne Winter
Belinda Giblin as Marion Singer
Ray Barrett as McLean
John Wood as Parker
Peter Collingwood as Ward
Nick Tate as Henneberry
as Hildegard
as Tal
as Sandy Modesto
as Garth Green
Steve Rackman as Rex
as Bob
Bob Barrett as Johnno
as Aldo
Steve J. Spears as Manny
as Mary Mahoud
as Mercer
as Pinball Manager
as Sharon
as Leon
as Edgar Montefiore
as Peggy
as Rose
as Clyde
Deborah Kennedy as Newspaper Librarian
as Detective
as Detective's Victim
Rebecca Smart as Little Girl
as Little Boy
Kelly Dingwall as Head Punk
as John Singer
Phillip Ross as Bill Winter

Production[]

In the early 1980s Bryan Brown was attached to star as Cliff Hardy in an adaptation of an earlier Corris novel, White Meat. This was to be adapted by Corris, directed by Stephen Wallace and produced by Richard Mason. However no film eventuated. Then John Edwards and Tim Read acquired the rights to the series and approached Brown again.^[3]

Corris wrote the first few drafts and was unhappy with the final adaptation, although he liked Bryan Brown's performance.^[4]

Release[]

The film performed poorly at the box office in Australia although it sold widely around the world.^[4] There were plans for Brown to appear in further Hardy adventures but this did not eventuate.^[3]

References[]

^ Raffaele Caputo, "The Empty Beach", Australian Film 1978–1992, Oxford Uni Press 1993 p168
^ "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria accessed 24 October 2012
^ ^a ^b Dorre Koeser, "Life of Bryan", Cinema Papers, September 1985 p16-19
^ ^a ^b David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p232-234

External links[]

The Empty Beach at IMDb
The Empty Beach at Oz Movies

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[1] Raffaele Caputo, "The Empty Beach", Australian Film 1978–1992, Oxford Uni Press 1993 p168

[2] "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria accessed 24 October 2012

[papers-3] Dorre Koeser, "Life of Bryan", Cinema Papers, September 1985 p16-19

[stratton2-4] David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p232-234

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