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Contagion (1987)

Country of Origin: Australia
Year of Production:
Running Times: 90 mins
Format: colour     35mm
Ratio:
Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Premiere Film Marketing Ltd/Reef Films
Executive Producer: Tom Broadbridge
Producers: Ken Methold, Leo Barretto
Associate Producer: Richard Rooker

SCRIPT
Script: Ken Methold

DIRECTION
Director: Karl Zwicky
1st Assistant Director: David Munro

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: John Stokes

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Ray Mason

MUSIC
Music: Frank Strangio

SOUND
Sound Recordist: Ian Grant
Sound Editors: John Dennison, Tony Vaccher

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Costume Designer: Margarita Tassone

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Richard Rooker

LOCATIONS
Locations: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Queensland, Australia

CAST
John Doyle (Mark)
Nicola Bartlett (Cheryl)
Ray Barrett (Bael)
Nathalie Gaffney (Cleo)
Pamela Hawkesford (Helen)
Jacqueline Brennan (Trish)
Chris Betts (Alec)
Reg Cameron (Henry)
Michael Simpson (Frank)
Allen Harvey (doctor)
Donna Jan Newby (hitchhiker)

AVAILABILITY

Australia
Video Distributors: CBS/Fox Home Video

USA
Laserdisc Distributors: Image Entertainment Inc
Video Distributors: Sony Video

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Australia
Rating: R

TIMELINE

1991
August

Day Unknown: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies)

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

West Coast Horror - West German title

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Encore vol.5 no.9 (4 June 1987) p.21 (Australia)
review

Encore vol.5 no.12 (16 July 1987) pp.28-29 (Australia)
review

Variety 27 April 1988 p.12 (USA)
credits, review

KEYWORDS

ghosts, schizophrenia

 


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