The Everlasting Secret Family (1988)
A beautiful, if ambitious and amoral, youth is tapped to become the lover of a powerful senator. The young man quickly realizes that he can hold this place, with all its perks, only as long as he is young. He has no other function than being young. With the help of an aged judge, the young man, referred to only as The Lover, contrives a plan to make a change in the way of the world, a plan that will take him years to realize. To succeed, he must manipulate, in subtle and not-so-subtle ways, the senator, his wife, the family chauffeur (who was, when young, a lover), and, by implication, the entire well-planned and controlling everlasting secret family.
Director: Michael Thornhill
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Arthur Dignam as Senator |
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Mark Lee as Youth |
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Heather Mitchell as Wife |
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Dennis Miller as Eric, the Chauffeur |
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John Meillon as The Judge |
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Beth Child as The Pottery Woman |
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Paul Goddard as The Son |
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Bogdan Koca as The Medical Specialist |
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John Clayton as The Mayor |
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Tim Page as The New Judge |
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Marcus Cornelius as Teacher at Oval |
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Drew Norman as Oil Boy |
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Alan Carey as Doctor at Oval |
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Ken Keen as Headmaster |
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Michael Winchester as School Teacher |
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Nick Holland as The New Chaffeur |
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Louis Nowra as Shop Assistant |
| Camera | Geoffrey Wharton | Steadicam Operator |
| Lighting | Reg Garside | Gaffer |
| Camera | Sally Eccleston | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Lester Bishop | Grip |
| Lighting | Craig Bryant | Best Boy Electric |
| Camera | Garry Phillips | Focus Puller |
| Camera | Barry Peake | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Susi Stitt | Clapper Loader |
| Directing | Judy Whitehead | Continuity |
| Directing | Michael Thornhill | Director |
| Production | Antony I. Ginnane | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Frank Moorhouse | Writer |
| Production | Michael Thornhill | Producer |
| Writing | Frank Moorhouse | Adaptation |
| Production | Sue Carleton | Co-Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Graham Purcell | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Noriko Watanabe | Makeup & Hair |
| Crew | Ron Cobb | Thanks |
| Sound | Grant Stuart | Sound |
| Editing | Pamela Barnetta | Editor |
| Production | Elizabeth Symes | Production Manager |
| Sound | Tony Bremner | Music |
| Crew | Julian Penney | Cinematography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Heather McLaren | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Production | Hilary Linstead | Casting |
| Art | Peta Lawson | Production Design |
| Sound | Andrew Plain | Sound Editor |
| Art | Peta Lawson | Art Direction |
| Sound | John Schiefelbein | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anthony Jones | Costumer |
