The Everlasting Secret Family
Directed byMichael Thornhill
Written byFrank Moorhouse
Produced byMichael Thornhill
executive:
Antony I. Ginnane
StarringArthur Dignam
Mark Lee
Heather Mitchell
Dennis Miller
John Meillon
Paul Goddard
Anna Volska
Production
companies
FGH
Hemdale Film Corporation
International Film Management
Release date
1988
Running time
94 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2.5 million[1]
Box office$280,000 (Australia)[1]

The Everlasting Secret Family is a 1988 Australian film directed by Michael Thornhill about a secret society of gay men.

The movie was financed by Antony I. Ginnane's IFM company.[2]

IFM pre sold the movie to Hemdale Film Corporation for $1.5 million but Hemdale were later unable to meet its presale obligations.[1][3]

Plot

A fictional group (acting similar to Freemasons) of middle-aged homosexual men (including a senator) hold influence and power over young school boys. The film follows one of these boys (called only 'Youth'), as he rises through the ranks of the secret society.[4]

Cast

References

  1. ^ a b c HEMDALE HOLDS OUT ON PRE-SALE PAYMENTS TO IFM By MARK LAWSON Australian Financial Review 29 March 1988 p 34
  2. ^ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p163
  3. ^ GOLDFARB RENEGES ON PRE-SALE DEBT By MARK LAWSON Australian Financial Review 28 April 1988 p 36
  4. ^ Neal Drinnan (editor) The Rough Guide to Gay & Lesbian Australia, p. 310, at Google Books

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