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{{Short description|1978 Australian film}}
{{distinguish|Night Prowler (disambiguation){{!}}Night Prowler}}
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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
|name = The Night the Prowler
|name = The Night the Prowler
| image = Penguin 1978 PatrickWhite ScreenplayandShortStory.jpg
|image = Penguin 1978 PatrickWhite ScreenplayandShortStory.jpg
| image_caption = Cover of screenplay
|caption = Cover of screenplay
|producer = [[Anthony Buckley]]
|producer = [[Anthony Buckley]]
|director = [[Jim Sharman]]
|director = [[Jim Sharman]]
|writer = [[Patrick White]]
|writer = [[Patrick White]]
|starring = [[Ruth Cracknell]]<br />[[John Frawley]]<br />[[Kerry Walker]]
|starring = [[Ruth Cracknell]]<br />[[John Frawley (actor)|John Frawley]]<br />[[Kerry Walker]]
|music = Cameron Allan
|music = [[Cameron Allan]]
|cinematography = David Sanderson
|cinematography = David Sanderson
|editing = Sara Bennett
|editing = Sara Bennett
|studio = Chariot Films<br>[[New South Wales Film Corporation]]
|studio = Chariot Films<br>[[New South Wales Film Corporation]]
|distributor = [[International Harmony]] (US)
|distributor = [[International Harmony]] (US)
|released = {{start date|df=yes|1978|6|2}} (Sydney Film Festival)<br />{{start date|df=yes|1979|6|15}} (Australia)
|released = {{Film date|1978|06|02|Sydney Film Festival|1979|6|15|Australia|df=yes}}
|runtime = 90 minutes
|runtime = 90 minutes
|country = Australia
|country = Australia
|language = English
|language = English
|budget = AU$417,000<ref name="stratton">David Stratton, ''The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival'', Angus & Robertson, 1980 p167-169</ref>
|budget = AU$417,000<ref name="stratton">Stratton, David. ''The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival'', Angus & Robertson, 1980 p167-169</ref>
}}
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'''''The Night the Prowler''''' (aka. ''Patrick White's The Night the Prowler'') is a 1978 [[Australia]]n film directed by [[Jim Sharman]] and written by [[Patrick White]].<ref name="AngusandRobertson_1986_ConciseAustralianEncyclopedaedia_page475">{{cite book|title=The Angus & Robertson Concise Australian Encyclopedaedia|publisher=[[Angus & Robertson]]|location=[[North Ryde]], [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]|date=1983, second revision 1986|pages=505|isbn=0-207-15305-1|accessdate=13 September 2009}}</ref> [[Ruth Cracknell]] was nominated in 1979 for an [[AFI Award]] for Best Actress in a Lead Role for her part.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077992/awards IMDb awards]</ref>
'''''The Night the Prowler''''' (also known as ''Patrick White's The Night the Prowler'') is a 1978 Australian film written by [[Patrick White]], produced by [[Anthony Buckley]] and directed by [[Jim Sharman]].<ref name="AngusandRobertson_1986_ConciseAustralianEncyclopedaedia_page475">{{cite book|title=The Angus & Robertson Concise Australian Encyclopedaedia (2nd ed. 1986)|publisher=[[Angus & Robertson]]|location=[[North Ryde]], [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]|date=1983 |pages=505|isbn=0-207-15305-1}}</ref> [[Ruth Cracknell]] was nominated in 1979 for an [[AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|AFI Award for Best Actress in a Lead Role]] for her part.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077992/awards IMDb awards]</ref>

Paul Byrnes from Australian screen described:
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''The film is a savage satire on the neuroses of the privileged of Sydney’s eastern suburbs, where White lived, and the director Jim Sharman grew up. Much of the satire verges on invective, and the film was criticised for being ponderous, pretentious and condescending. Parts of it are like that – especially some of the dialogue – but the film also has some moments where everything works.''<ref>''The Night the Prowler'' at the [http://australianscreen.com.au/titles/night-prowler/ Australian screen]</ref>
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==Cast==
==Cast==
* [[Ruth Cracknell]] as Doris Bannister
* [[Ruth Cracknell]] as Doris Bannister
* John Frawley as Humphrey Bannister
* [[John Frawley (actor)|John Frawley]] as Humphrey Bannister
* Kerry Walker as Felicity Bannister
* [[Kerry Walker]] as Felicity Bannister
* [[John Derum]] as John
* [[John Derum]] as John
* [[Maggie Kirkpatrick]] as Madge Hopkirk
* [[Maggie Kirkpatrick]] as Madge Hopkirk
* [[Terry Camilleri]] as The Prowler
* [[Terry Camilleri]] as The Prowler
* Harry Neilson as Old man
* Harry Neilson as Old man
* [[Alexander Archdale]]


==Production==
==Production==
Sharman had worked successfully with White directing the latter's play ''Season at Sarsaparilla''. While doing that White suggested thought his book ''The Night the Prowler'' might make a film; Sharman agreed and White wrote a screenplay.<ref>Robyn Anderson & Sue Adler, "Jim Sharman", ''Cinema Papers'', March–April 1979 p270</ref>
Sharman had worked successfully with White directing the latter's play ''[[The Season at Sarsaparilla]]''. White suggested that his book ''The Night the Prowler'' might make a film; Sharman agreed and White wrote a screenplay.<ref>Anderson, Robyn & Adler, Sue. "Jim Sharman", ''Cinema Papers'', March–April 1979 p. 270</ref>


The film was shot in November and December 1977.<ref>Anna Dzenis, "Patrick White's the Night the Prowler", ''Australian Film 1978-1992'', Oxford Uni Press 1993 p46</ref>
The film was shot in November and December 1977.<ref>Dzenis, Anna. "Patrick White's the Night the Prowler", ''Australian Film 1978-1992'', Oxford Uni Press 1993 p. 46</ref>


==Release==
==Release==
The film was selected to open the 1978 [[Sydney Film Festival]] and was harshly received.<ref name="stratton"/>
The film was selected to open the 1978 [[Sydney Film Festival]] and was harshly received.<ref name="stratton"/>

==Reception==
Paul Byrnes of ''[[Australian Screen Online]]'' wrote the following in his review:
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''The film is a savage satire on the neuroses of the privileged of Sydney’s eastern suburbs, where White lived, and the director Jim Sharman grew up. Much of the satire verges on invective, and the film was criticised for being ponderous, pretentious and condescending. Parts of it are like that—especially some of the dialogue—but the film also has some moments where everything works.''<ref>Byrnes, Paul.''[http://aso.gov.au/titles/features/night-prowler/notes/ The Night the Prowler]''. [[Australian Screen Online]]</ref>
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==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
*{{Cite book |last=Murray |first=Scott |coauthors=(ed.) |title=Australian Cinema |publisher= Allen & Unwin/AFC |location= St.Leonards, NSW. |year=1994 |month= |page= |pages= |isbn= 1-86373-311-6 }}
*{{Cite book |editor-last=Murray |editor-first=Scott |title=Australian Cinema |publisher= Allen & Unwin/AFC |location= St.Leonards, NSW. |year=1994 |isbn= 1-86373-311-6 }}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0077992|title=The Night the Prowler}}
*{{IMDb title|0077992|title=The Night the Prowler}}
*[http://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/night-the-prowler ''The Night the Prowler''] at Oz Movies

{{Patrick White}}
{{Patrick White}}
{{Jim Sharman}}
{{Jim Sharman}}


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Latest revision as of 17:39, 8 September 2024

Not to be confused with Night Prowler.

The Night the Prowler
Cover of screenplay
Directed byJim Sharman
Written byPatrick White
Produced byAnthony Buckley
StarringRuth Cracknell
John Frawley
Kerry Walker
CinematographyDavid Sanderson
Edited bySara Bennett
Music byCameron Allan
Production
companies
Distributed byInternational Harmony (US)
Release dates
  • 2 June 1978 (1978-06-02) (Sydney Film Festival)
  • 15 June 1979 (1979-06-15) (Australia)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetAU$417,000[1]

The Night the Prowler (also known as Patrick White's The Night the Prowler) is a 1978 Australian film written by Patrick White, produced by Anthony Buckley and directed by Jim Sharman.[2] Ruth Cracknell was nominated in 1979 for an AFI Award for Best Actress in a Lead Role for her part.[3]

Cast

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Production

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Sharman had worked successfully with White directing the latter's play The Season at Sarsaparilla. White suggested that his book The Night the Prowler might make a film; Sharman agreed and White wrote a screenplay.[4]

The film was shot in November and December 1977.[5]

Release

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The film was selected to open the 1978 Sydney Film Festival and was harshly received.[1]

Reception

[edit]

Paul Byrnes of Australian Screen Online wrote the following in his review:

The film is a savage satire on the neuroses of the privileged of Sydney’s eastern suburbs, where White lived, and the director Jim Sharman grew up. Much of the satire verges on invective, and the film was criticised for being ponderous, pretentious and condescending. Parts of it are like that—especially some of the dialogue—but the film also has some moments where everything works.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b Stratton, David. The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980 p167-169
  2. ^ The Angus & Robertson Concise Australian Encyclopedaedia (2nd ed. 1986). North Ryde, Sydney, Australia: Angus & Robertson. 1983. p. 505. ISBN 0-207-15305-1.
  3. ^ IMDb awards
  4. ^ Anderson, Robyn & Adler, Sue. "Jim Sharman", Cinema Papers, March–April 1979 p. 270
  5. ^ Dzenis, Anna. "Patrick White's the Night the Prowler", Australian Film 1978-1992, Oxford Uni Press 1993 p. 46
  6. ^ Byrnes, Paul.The Night the Prowler. Australian Screen Online
  • Murray, Scott, ed. (1994). Australian Cinema. St.Leonards, NSW.: Allen & Unwin/AFC. ISBN 1-86373-311-6.
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