Queensland is a 1976 film directed by John Ruane and starring John Flaus and Robert Karl.
Plot Doug is a factory worker living in Melbourne who dreams of moving from Melbourne to Queensland. He attempts to reconnect with an old flame, Marge, and move to Queensland together.
Cast John Flaus as Doug Bob Karl as Aub Alison Bird as Marge Tom Broadbridge as Mick
Production John Ruane says he was inspired by a newspaper article about a slaughterman who killed his de facto wife and then got drunk for two days. He decided to remove the killing aspect, concentrate on the relationship. Ruane: What we were trying to do then, strangely enough, was trying to imitate Summer of the Seventeenth Doll in reverse and to imitate Midnight Cowboy, a sort of Northcote version of Midnight Cowboy - not the story, but the fact that they were headed for a dream. Their dream was Miami. Our film was obviously about heading to Queensland... It's about a vanishing breed of Australians. accessed 20 October 2012 The film was made with money from the Experimental Film and Television Fund while John Ruane was a film student at the Swinburne College of Technology in Melbourne.
Release The movie was released through the co-operative movement.
References
External links
at National Film and Sound Archive Queensland at Oz Movies