Centrespread

Centrespread (1981)

I'm a Goddess, I'm a Princess in a satin bed, I'm your Centrespread.

In a world at the brink of the 21st century, where strict social stratification is rigidly enforced, and the only manifestation of violence is in magazine pages, a photographer whose special talent is mixing violence and sex, is told to find a new girl whose freshness will rejuvenate the pages of the magazine.

Date of release
1981-10-15
TMDB
4.7 / 10 (19)
Runtime
1h 22m
Genres
Science Fiction, Drama
Director
Tony Paterson

Casting

Interesting facts

Centrespread is a futuristic Ozploitation movie about a jaded photographer for sex magazines who has been commissioned to find a girl with "a new look, a different approach, someone for the new century".

Production

The script was written by Michael Ralph and Robert Fogden. Both were art directors on the film.

Tony Paterson, who was the director on the film, had previously worked as an editor, and Greg Lynch expressed full confidence in him in the March–April 1981 edition of Cinema Papers:

"I have known Tony Paterson for quite a while, and to me he is the best editor in the business. In fact, most of the films that come into this country that are cut, restructured or edited to suit the local market are done by Tony. He is absolutely brilliant. So, while we took a punt on Tony, I believed he could do the job. It is hard to explain, because in our business you get gut feelings about people..."

Producer Wayne Groom said they "want to find an unknown girl" for the lead "and make her a star."

The movie was shot in Adelaide at the South Australian Film Corporation's studios. Filming began in September 1980.

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