The Box

The Box (1975)

Story examines television station UCV-12 attempting to produce a feature-film version of its television series "Manhunt", while an officious efficiency expert investigates the running of the station causing the staff to fear for their jobs.

Data di uscita
1975-08-08
TMDB
3.7 / 10 (3)
Durata
1 h 40 min
Generi
Commedia
Regista
Paul Eddey

Cast

Curiosità

  • Incassi: 857K A$

The Box is a 1975 Australian film adaptation, based on the Australian soap opera of the same name produced by Crawford Productions and featuring much of the cast from the regular series, albeit on a different timeline from the series.

Production

The film was shot on 35 mm on new sets at Crawford Productions' Abbotsford studios over four weeks in early 1975. Part of the budget was contributed by the Australian Film Development Corporation. Marilyn Vernon appeared in several full frontal scenes that may have been deemed unsuitable for TV while Belinda Giblin was seen topless again just as she had been in the TV series.

David Stratton has written of the film that it was 'scarcely more intelligent than Number 96' (that is, the film) 'but at least [it] looked as though it had been made by professionals.' Brian McFarlane, lumping it in with the Number 96 film, said both were 'Dire weddings of opportunism and smut, they met with critical opprobrium but, one is sorry to add, some commercial success.'

The Box feature film was released on DVD on February 1, 2024 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the series' debut February 11, 1974 on Australian television.

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