Backroads (1977 film)

For the American film, see Back Roads (2018 film).

Backroads
Directed byPhillip Noyce
Written byJohn Emery
"plus the director and cast"
Produced byPhillip Noyce
StarringBill Hunter
Gary Foley
CinematographyRussell Boyd
Edited byDavid Huggett
Music byRobert Murphy
Production
company
Backraods Productions
Distributed byHome Cinema Group
Release date
  • 27 June 1977 (1977-06-27)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetAU$30,000[1]

Backroads is a 1977 Australian film directed by Phillip Noyce. Two strangers – one white (Jack), one Aboriginal (Gary) – steal a car in western New South Wales and drive around the coast. The original characters came from a story by Adelaide writer John Emery, with whom Noyce had worked on a short film. Australian reviews of the film were mixed, and it opened commercially in only one cinema.[2]

Plot

Jack and Gary steal a car and head off around the back roads of Western New South Wales. They pickup a trio of fellow travellers – Gary's uncle Joe, a French hitchhiker and an embittered woman.

Joe drunkenly shoots a stranger and they are chased by police. The police arrest Joe and Jack and shoot Gary.

Cast

Production

John Emery had written one of Noyce's short films at film school, Caravan Park, and pitched him another story, The First Day of Spring, about a young aboriginal. They developed the script together.[3] Gary Foley agreed to act provided that he would be responsible for the film's indigenous content.

The film was mostly shot on location near Bourke and Brewarrina in western New South Wales and was funded in part by a $25,000 grant from the Creative Development Branch of the Australian Film Commission.[1] Shooting finished in April 1977[3] when the finance ran out. Noyce applied to the Australian Film Commission for money to finish the film, however he decided instead to launch Backroads at the Sydney Film Festival in 1977.

Reception

The film received mixed reviews in Australia but achieved a better response overseas.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 313
  2. ^ "Backroads (1977) on ASO – Australia's audio and visual heritage online". Australianscreen.com.au. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  3. ^ a b c David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980 p204-205

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