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'''''Sisterly Love''''' is a 1987 Australian tele feature film. Nominated for 3 AFI (Australian Film Institute) Awards in 1988 including Best Telefeature. It was also the pilot for an unmade series.<ref name="scott">Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p142</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article213879315 |title=Tina Kaufman at "The Motion Picture Today" seminar |newspaper=[[Filmnews]] |volume=18, |issue=8 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=1 September 1988 |accessdate=26 September 2020 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article213879314 |title=AFI TV nominations |newspaper=[[Filmnews]] |volume=18, |issue=8 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=1 September 1988 |accessdate=26 September 2020 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref>
'''''Sisterly Love''''' is a 1987 Australian tele feature film.

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Nominated for 3 AFI (Australian Film Institute) Awards in 1988 including Best Telefeature. It was later used as the pilot for an unmade series.<ref name="scott">Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p142</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article213879315 |title=Tina Kaufman at "The Motion Picture Today" seminar |newspaper=[[Filmnews]] |volume=18, |issue=8 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=1 September 1988 |accessdate=26 September 2020 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article213879314 |title=AFI TV nominations |newspaper=[[Filmnews]] |volume=18, |issue=8 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=1 September 1988 |accessdate=26 September 2020 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref>
==Premise==
==Premise==
Two sisters have been separated over twenty years. They are reunited. Their neighbour Bob becomes involved.
Two sisters, Jean and Sylvia, have been separated over twenty years. Sylvia lives next door to Bob. When Jean is widowed, she visits Sylvia and old troubles re-emerge. Sylvia has a son Martin who is dating Birdy.
==Cast==
==Cast==
*[[Joan Sydney]]
*[[Joan Sydney]] as Jean
*Maggie King
*Maggie King ass Sylvia
*[[Martin Vaughan]].
*[[Martin Vaughan]] as Bob
*Matthew Parkinson as Martin
*Sandra Eldridge as Birdy
==Production==
==Production==
Filming was to have begun in September 1987 but was held up to due a union ban over the use of a British first assistant director.<ref name="ban">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/120555777/?terms=%22sisterly%20love%22&match=1|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=16 September 1987|page=2|title=Producer set to can film over union ban|first=Anthony|last=Dennis}}</ref>

It was filmed in Fremantle, Rottnest Island, and Kings Park.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article255033070 |title=ABC’s Sisterly Love - a comedy of relationships |newspaper=[[Torres News]] |volume= |location=Queensland, Australia |date=22 December 1989 |accessdate=26 September 2020 |page=34 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref>
It was filmed in Fremantle, Rottnest Island, and Kings Park.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article255033070 |title=ABC’s Sisterly Love - a comedy of relationships |newspaper=[[Torres News]] |volume= |location=Queensland, Australia |date=22 December 1989 |accessdate=26 September 2020 |page=34 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref>
==Reception==
The ''Sydney Morning Herald'' gave it a poor review.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/123581163/?terms=%22sisterly%20love%22&match=1|first=Simon|last=Kent|date=26 December 1989|page=50|title=Sisterly Love}}</ref> ''The Age'' called it "perfectly charming".<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/120421506/?terms=%22sisterly%20love%22&match=1|date=27 December 1989|page=14|title=A sisterly alchemy of golden wisdom and humour|first=Barbara|last=Hooks}}</ref>
==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 00:03, 26 September 2020

For other uses, see Sisterly Love (disambiguation).

Sisterly Love
Directed byMark De Friest
Written byRay Harding
Jeremy Higgins
Produced byPeter Du Cane
StarringJoan Sydney
Maggie King
Martin Vaughan
Distributed byABC
Release date
24 December 1989[1]
Running time
80 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Sisterly Love is a 1987 Australian tele feature film. Nominated for 3 AFI (Australian Film Institute) Awards in 1988 including Best Telefeature. It was also the pilot for an unmade series.[2][3][4]

Premise

Two sisters, Jean and Sylvia, have been separated over twenty years. Sylvia lives next door to Bob. When Jean is widowed, she visits Sylvia and old troubles re-emerge. Sylvia has a son Martin who is dating Birdy.

Cast

Production

Filming was to have begun in September 1987 but was held up to due a union ban over the use of a British first assistant director.[5]

It was filmed in Fremantle, Rottnest Island, and Kings Park.[6]

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald gave it a poor review.[7] The Age called it "perfectly charming".[8]

References

  1. ^ "WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 27". The Canberra Times. Vol. 64, , no. 19, 980. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 24 December 1989. p. 5 (THE GUIDE). Retrieved 26 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  2. ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p142
  3. ^ "Tina Kaufman at "The Motion Picture Today" seminar". Filmnews. Vol. 18, , no. 8. New South Wales, Australia. 1 September 1988. p. 3. Retrieved 26 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  4. ^ "AFI TV nominations". Filmnews. Vol. 18, , no. 8. New South Wales, Australia. 1 September 1988. p. 3. Retrieved 26 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  5. ^ Dennis, Anthony (16 September 1987). "Producer set to can film over union ban". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 2.
  6. ^ "ABC's Sisterly Love - a comedy of relationships". Torres News. Queensland, Australia. 22 December 1989. p. 34. Retrieved 26 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ Kent, Simon (26 December 1989). "Sisterly Love". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 50.
  8. ^ Hooks, Barbara (27 December 1989). "A sisterly alchemy of golden wisdom and humour". The Age. p. 14.


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