Centrespread

Centrespread
	Film poster
Directed by	Tony Paterson
Produced by	Wayne Groom
Written by	Michael Ralph; Robert Fogden
Starring	Kylie Foster; Paul Trahir
Cinematography	Geoffrey Simpson
Distributed by	Greg Lynch Film Distributors
Release date	July 1981[1]
Running time	82 mins
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	A$600,000[2] or $125,000[3]

Centrespread is a futuristic Ozploitation movie about a jaded photographer for sex magazines who has been commissioned to find a girl with "a new look, a different approach, someone for the new century."

Production

Producer Wayne Groom said they "want to find an unknown girl" for the lead "and make her a star."[4]

The movie was shot in Adelaide at the South Australian Film Corporation's studios. Filming began in September 1980.[5]

Reception

The film was released in 1981.[2] David Stratton described the film as "atrocious".[6] Most reviews were poor.[7]

gollark: Except now due to interconnectedness and advanced technology and whatnot it's even easier for one person to break everything.

gollark: It's not hard to be cynical given the terrible stuff which happens and increasing ability to know about it!

gollark: Yes, in the cool space future they can fix their unvaccinatibility.

gollark: I'm of the opinion that marriage just shouldn't be a government-recognized legal thing and instead just some sort of person-person agreement, which deals with all the mess nicely.

gollark: "You're not *really* working if you don't sit in an office 8 hours a day, with 2 hours of meetings."

References

"Advertising". The Canberra Times. 55 (16, 743). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 30 July 1981. p. 17. Retrieved 31 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
Scott Murray, "Centrespread", Australian Film 1978–1992, Oxford Uni Press 1993 p72
Interview with Greg Lynch, Cinema Papers, March–April 1981
"Spreading the news". The Canberra Times. 54 (16, 387). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 August 1980. p. 23. Retrieved 31 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
"IN BRIEF Plans for six new Alms". The Canberra Times. 54 (16, 322). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 3 June 1980. p. 3. Retrieved 31 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p137
"LIFE STYLE". The Canberra Times. 55 (16, 743). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 30 July 1981. p. 15. Retrieved 31 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

Centrespread on IMDb
Centrespread at Oz Movies

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[1] "Advertising". The Canberra Times. 55 (16, 743). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 30 July 1981. p. 17. Retrieved 31 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.

[murray-2] Scott Murray, "Centrespread", Australian Film 1978–1992, Oxford Uni Press 1993 p72

[3] Interview with Greg Lynch, Cinema Papers, March–April 1981

[4] "Spreading the news". The Canberra Times. 54 (16, 387). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 August 1980. p. 23. Retrieved 31 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.

[5] "IN BRIEF Plans for six new Alms". The Canberra Times. 54 (16, 322). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 3 June 1980. p. 3. Retrieved 31 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.

[stratton2-6] David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p137

[7] "LIFE STYLE". The Canberra Times. 55 (16, 743). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 30 July 1981. p. 15. Retrieved 31 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.