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| country = Australia
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| budget = $90,000<ref name="thrill">{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date= August 08, 1976|title=First Look for a Thrill|page=89}}</ref> The film was shot in Sydney.<ref name="thrill"/>
| budget = $90,000<ref name="thrill">{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date= August 8, 1976|title=First Look for a Thrill|page=89}}</ref>
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'''''Gone to Ground''''' is a 1977 Australian TV movie about a man pursued by a killer.<ref name="scott">Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p69</ref>
'''''Gone to Ground''''' is a 1977 Australian TV movie about a man pursued by a killer.<ref name="scott">Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p69</ref>


It was one of a series of TV movies Bruning made for Channel 7. He found this was not profitable, so sold his company to Reg Grundy.<ref>{{cite magazine|first1=Peter|last1= Beilby|first2=Scott|last2= Murray|title= Robert Bruning|magazine=Cinema Papers|date=September-October 1979|page=517-519|url=https://issuu.com/libuow/docs/cinemapaper1979sepno023}}</ref>
It was one of a series of TV movies Bruning made for Channel 7. Although he sold them to Paramount for worldwide distribution, he found making them was not profitable, so sold his company to Reg Grundy.<ref>{{cite magazine|first1=Peter|last1= Beilby|first2=Scott|last2= Murray|title= Robert Bruning|magazine=Cinema Papers|date=September-October 1979|page=517-519|url=https://issuu.com/libuow/docs/cinemapaper1979sepno023}}</ref>
==Plot==
==Plot==
Jimmy Flemming, the owner of a surfing supply store has been receiving death threats. After he is beaten up by surfers he "goes to ground" with his wife Angela and the house of an old friend. However they are followed there by a mysterious motorcyclist.
Jimmy Flemming, the owner of a surfing supply store has been receiving death threats. After he is beaten up by surfers he "goes to ground" with his wife Angela and the house of an old friend. However they are followed there by a mysterious motorcyclist.
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*Judy Lynne as Kathleen
*Judy Lynne as Kathleen
*Allan Penney as Peters
*Allan Penney as Peters
*Marcus Haleas (Anderson
*Marcus Haleas as Anderson
*John Orcsik
*[[John Orcsik]]
==Production==
The film was shot in Sydney.<ref name="thrill"/>
==Reception==
==Reception==
The ''Sydney Morning Herald'' said that "Eric Oldfield conies off exceptionally well" and the script has "more twists than a corkscrew" but the direction "involves a conglomeration of quick scene changes, flashbacks and slow motion that does nothing more than confuse. So swiftly do the scenes change that dialogue often overlaps into the next frame. It takes about 40 minutes to get some idea of what the film is about."<ref>{{cite news|first=Gary|last=Shelley|title=More twists than a corkscrew|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|page=18|date=May 21, 1979}}</ref>
The ''Sydney Morning Herald'' said that "Eric Oldfield conies off exceptionally well" and the script has "more twists than a corkscrew" but the direction "involves a conglomeration of quick scene changes, flashbacks and slow motion that does nothing more than confuse. So swiftly do the scenes change that dialogue often overlaps into the next frame. It takes about 40 minutes to get some idea of what the film is about."<ref>{{cite news|first=Gary|last=Shelley|title=More twists than a corkscrew|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|page=18|date=May 21, 1979}}</ref>


Another review in the same paper said the script "reduces a taut thriller to a limp farce" where the dialogue was "ineffably silly."<ref>[[cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date= May 20, 1979|title=Ground script goes to slush|first=Don|last=Groves}}</ref>
==References==
==References==
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*[http://petermalone.misacor.org.au/tiki-index.php?page=Gone+to+Ground&bl ''Gone to Ground''] at Peter Malone site
*[http://petermalone.misacor.org.au/tiki-index.php?page=Gone+to+Ground&bl ''Gone to Ground''] at Peter Malone site
*{{IMDb title|id=0074579}}
*{{IMDb title|id=0074579}}
*[https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7201a7c5 Gone to Ground] at BFI
*[https://letterboxd.com/film/gone-to-ground/ Gone to Ground] at Letterbox DVD
*[https://letterboxd.com/film/gone-to-ground/ Gone to Ground] at Letterbox DVD
*[https://www-austlit-edu-au/austlit/page/6016593 Gone to Ground] at [[AustLit]]
*[https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/the-screen-guide/t/gone-to-ground-1977/5635/ Gone to Ground] at Screen Australia
*[https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/6016593 Gone to Ground] at [[AustLit]]
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Revision as of 07:27, 5 January 2020

Gone to Ground
Directed byKevin James Dobson
Written byBruce A. Wishart
Produced byRobert Bruning
StarringCharles Tingwell
Eric Oldfield
CinematographyRussell Boyd
Edited byRod Hay
Production
company
Gemini Productions
Distributed byNetwork 7
Release date
1977
Running time
74 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Budget$90,000[1]

Gone to Ground is a 1977 Australian TV movie about a man pursued by a killer.[2]

It was one of a series of TV movies Bruning made for Channel 7. Although he sold them to Paramount for worldwide distribution, he found making them was not profitable, so sold his company to Reg Grundy.[3]

Plot

Jimmy Flemming, the owner of a surfing supply store has been receiving death threats. After he is beaten up by surfers he "goes to ground" with his wife Angela and the house of an old friend. However they are followed there by a mysterious motorcyclist.

Harry Ferguson is married to Grace but is sleeping his his secretary Kathleen.

Cast

  • Eric Oldfield as Jimmy Flemming
  • Charles 'Bud' Tingwell as Harry Ferguson
  • Elaine Lee as Grace Ferguson
  • Robyn Gibbes as Angela Flemming
  • Marion Johns as Ma Bishop
  • Dennis Grosvenor as Bart
  • Judy Lynne as Kathleen
  • Allan Penney as Peters
  • Marcus Haleas as Anderson
  • John Orcsik

Production

The film was shot in Sydney.[1]

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald said that "Eric Oldfield conies off exceptionally well" and the script has "more twists than a corkscrew" but the direction "involves a conglomeration of quick scene changes, flashbacks and slow motion that does nothing more than confuse. So swiftly do the scenes change that dialogue often overlaps into the next frame. It takes about 40 minutes to get some idea of what the film is about."[4]

Another review in the same paper said the script "reduces a taut thriller to a limp farce" where the dialogue was "ineffably silly."[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "First Look for a Thrill". Sydney Morning Herald. 8 August 1976. p. 89.
  2. ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p69
  3. ^ Beilby, Peter; Murray, Scott (September–October 1979). "Robert Bruning". Cinema Papers. p. 517-519.
  4. ^ Shelley, Gary (21 May 1979). "More twists than a corkscrew". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 18.
  5. ^ [[cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date= May 20, 1979|title=Ground script goes to slush|first=Don|last=Groves}}


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