"Point of Departure" | |
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Wednesday Theatre episode | |
Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 25 |
Directed by | Henri Safran |
Teleplay by | play by Jean Anouilh |
Original air date | 22 June 1966 |
Running time | 75 mins [1] |
"Point of Departure" is a 1966 Australian television film. [2] It screened as part of Wednesday Theatre. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time. [3] "Point of Departure" aired on 22 June 1966 in Sydney, [4] on 29 June 1966 in Melbourne, [5] [6] and on 27 July 1966 in Brisbane. [7]
A boy and a girl meet in a small provincial town at the beginning of German occupation in World War II.
Ross Thompson had previously been in The Pigeon for Australian Playhouse. He and Goddard had acted in a scene together in They're a Weird Mob. Point of Departure had a cast of fifteen. [7]
The Sydney Morning Herald write that Ross Thompson's "sensitive and convincing acting made the best of the obvious weaknesses in the plot itself." [8]
Filmink thought " maybe this is the sort of play that works best on stage, with its slightly fantastical nature and hopping around in time and place." [9]
"Point of Departure" | |
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Wednesday Theatre episode | |
Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 25 |
Directed by | Henri Safran |
Teleplay by | play by Jean Anouilh |
Original air date | 22 June 1966 |
Running time | 75 mins [1] |
"Point of Departure" is a 1966 Australian television film. [2] It screened as part of Wednesday Theatre. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time. [3] "Point of Departure" aired on 22 June 1966 in Sydney, [4] on 29 June 1966 in Melbourne, [5] [6] and on 27 July 1966 in Brisbane. [7]
A boy and a girl meet in a small provincial town at the beginning of German occupation in World War II.
Ross Thompson had previously been in The Pigeon for Australian Playhouse. He and Goddard had acted in a scene together in They're a Weird Mob. Point of Departure had a cast of fifteen. [7]
The Sydney Morning Herald write that Ross Thompson's "sensitive and convincing acting made the best of the obvious weaknesses in the plot itself." [8]
Filmink thought " maybe this is the sort of play that works best on stage, with its slightly fantastical nature and hopping around in time and place." [9]