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'''''Compo''''' is a 1989 low budget Australian film.<ref name="stratton2">David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p193</ref><ref>Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p29</ref> |
'''''Compo''''' is a 1989 low budget Australian film.<ref name="stratton2">David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p193</ref><ref>Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p29</ref> |
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Buesst made it while running the St Kilda Film Festival.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article213878409 |title=St Kilda: First and best: |newspaper=[[Filmnews]] |volume=18, |issue=3 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=1 April 1988 |accessdate=3 October 2020 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref> |
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==Premise== |
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A man goes to work for the state compensation office. |
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==Reception== |
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The ''Tribune'' said the film "was mostly funny, but a little too long. Although it's a |
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parody of the worst aspects of the public service, the portrayal of people with injuries as leeches on society did get a little annoying. Nonetheless, for a small budget, home-grown movie Nigel Buesst has done very well."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article259489007 |title=Award-winning Australian films |newspaper=[[Tribune]] |issue=2565 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=21 June 1989 |accessdate=3 October 2020 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref> |
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| Compo | |
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| Directed by | Nigel Buesst |
| Written by | Abe Pogos |
| Based on | play Claim No. Z84 by Abe Pogos |
| Starring | Jeremy Stanford |
Release date | 1989 |
Running time | 83 mins |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | A$150,000 [1] |
Compo is a 1989 low budget Australian film.[2][3]
Buesst made it while running the St Kilda Film Festival.[4]
Premise
A man goes to work for the state compensation office.
Reception
The Tribune said the film "was mostly funny, but a little too long. Although it's a parody of the worst aspects of the public service, the portrayal of people with injuries as leeches on society did get a little annoying. Nonetheless, for a small budget, home-grown movie Nigel Buesst has done very well."[5]
References
- ^ "Production Barometer", Cinema Papers, May 1988 p46
- ^ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p193
- ^ Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p29
- ^ "St Kilda: First and best:". Filmnews. Vol. 18, , no. 3. New South Wales, Australia. 1 April 1988. p. 1. Retrieved 3 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ "Award-winning Australian films". Tribune. No. 2565. New South Wales, Australia. 21 June 1989. p. 11. Retrieved 3 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
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