Kostas (film)

Kostas is a 1979 film directed by Paul Cox about a Greek taxi driver.[2]

Kostas
Directed byPaul Cox
Produced byKostas Kallergis
Written byLinda Aronson
Based onoriginal concept by Paul Cox
StarringTakis Emmanuel
Wendy Hughes
Edited byJohn Scott
Production
company
Victorian Film Corporation
Illumination Films
Distributed byGreg Lynch Film Distributors
Release date
1 June 1979 (premiere)
16 August 1979 (release)
Running time
104 mins (original)
93 mins (release)
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$224,000[1]

Production

The film was shot over four weeks in March 1979. $100,000 of the budget came from the Victorian Film Corporation.[1]

Post production on the film was rushed so Cox could ready it in time for the Melbourne Film Festival which he now says was a mistake. However it was the best received of all Cox's features to date.[1]

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References

  1. David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980 p198
  2. Anna Dzenis, "Kostas", Australian Film 1978-92, Oxford Uni Press 1993 p37


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