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Actors: John Hargreaves, Jeanie Drynan, Harold Hopkins, Candy Raymond, Pat Bishop
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Don's Party |
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It is the night of the national election in suburban Sydney, Australia, October 1969. Don Henderson and his wife Kath are hosting a party at their house, ostensibly to watch and celebrate the returns (the left-leaning Labor party has a chance to overthrow the longtime conservative Liberal government), but the party is really just a chance for Don to get drunk with his buddies, while Kath regards it as work. The inevitable happens: people turn rude, raucous, flirtatious, embarrassing; things get out of hand in any number of ways. There's quite a bit of nudity (female frontal and male rear) in this movie, especially for 1976 when it was made, although nothing obnoxious. What could be a pretty hilarious and generally entertaining film is spoiled by very poor sound quality -- both in general and when loud music regularly gets turned up -- and it's often a strain to make out the lines. Director Bruce Beresford, later to do "Breaker Morant" and "Driving Miss Daisy," shot David Williamson's screenplay based on his stage play. More of a curio, in the end, than anything else.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Don's Party |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- love triangle/polygon
- inconveniently married while playing footsy
- spurned lover goes for revenge
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- writer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) very skinny
Unclothed?
- Chest and Buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Australian
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
How much in movie?
- 80%
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
Asia/Pacific/Middle East
Yes
Asian country:
- Australia
City?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- actual description of sex
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- seeing nude male butt
- seeing full frontal--women
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Subtitles?
- No
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Is this movie based on a
- play
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