Compo is a 1989 low budget Australian film.[2][3]

Compo
Directed byNigel Buesst
Written byAbe Pogos
Based onplay Claim No. Z84 by Abe Pogos
StarringJeremy Stanford
Release date
  • 1989 (1989)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$150,000 [1]

Buesst made it while running the St Kilda Film Festival.[4]

Premise

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A man goes to work for the state compensation office.

Cast

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  • Jeremy Stanford as Paul Harper
  • Bruce Kerr as David Bartlett
  • Christopher Barry as Carlo Garbanzo
  • Elisabeth Crockett as Gina
  • Cliff Neate as Dale Bradley
  • Leo Regan as Eddie
  • Peter Hosking

Reception

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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]

The Age said it "had a smattering of excellent on liners but is a narrative and satirical shambles and is further sullied by some dreadful miscasting."[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Production Barometer", Cinema Papers, May 1988 p46
  2. ^ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p193
  3. ^ Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p29
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Award-winning Australian films". The Tribune. No. 2565. New South Wales, Australia. 21 June 1989. p. 11. Retrieved 3 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ Jillet, Neil (26 June 1989). "High, tragic closing note by Australian". The Age. p. 14.
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