Hector's Bunyip, is a 1986 Australian TV movie about a young boy who is abducted by a bunyip.[1]
| Hector's Bunyip | |
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| Directed by | Mark Callan |
| Written by | Judith Colquhoun |
| Produced by | Helen Boyd |
| Starring | Robert Coleby Barbara Stephens Gordon Piper Tushka Bergen |
Production company | JNP Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 93 mins |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $530,000[1] |
Synopsis edit
Six year old Hector in the youngest of three children in a poor foster family. His best friend is an imaginary creature he calls 'Bunyip'. One day a child welfare officer mistakenly deems the family home unsuitable for Hector, and makes arrangements for him to be placed in the care of an orphanage, but before the agency can follow through, Hector mysteriously 'disappears'. In reality, the family has hidden Hector, claiming he was taken by the 'Bunyip' - with the hope that in the meantime the counselor will change her mind.
Cast edit
- Robert Coleby as George Bailey
- Barbara Stephens as Irene Bailey
- Gordon Piper as Jack Benson
- Tushka Bergen as Pandora Bailey
- Denise Roberts as Gladys Glum
- Joan Sydney as Maude Trembalt
- Joyce Jacobs as Ivy Clements
- Todd Boyce as Constable Gilbert Goode
- Syd Heylen as Chooka Morris
- Brian Moll as Ernest Sister
Production edit
The film was shot in the lower Hunter Valley in New South Wales, Australia .[2] It was aired on WonderWorks.
References edit
- ^ a b Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p. 79
- ^ "New Films That Don't Talk Down to Children", The Age, 9 December 1985 accessed 12 July 2013
External links edit
- Hector's Bunyip at IMDb
- Hector's Bunyip at Peter Malone's website
- Hector's Bunyip at AustLit
