Going Sane

Going Sane
Going Sane
Directed by	Michael Robertson
Written by	John Sandford
Produced by	Tom Jeffrey
Starring	John Waters; Linda Cropper; Judy Morris
Cinematography	Dean Semler
Edited by	Brian Kavanagh
Production; company	Sea Change Films
Release date	30 July 1987;
Running time	89 mins
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	A$2.1 million

Going Sane is a 1987 Australian comedy starring John Waters. It was one of several films made in the 1980s where Waters plays a character who has a mid life crisis. In 1994 when asked to name his worst movie, Waters said Going Sane was the one "that failed to achieve its brief more than any other."

Cast

John Waters as Martin Brown
Linda Cropper as Irene Carter
Judy Morris as Ainslee Brown
Frank Wilson as Sir Colin Grant
Kate Raison as Nosh
Brett Climo as Matthew Brown
Maggie Blinco as Miss Griffiths
Denise Roberts as Mrs Chubb
Rob Steele as Sergeant

Production

Filming started 15 July 1985.

References

↑ Keith Connolly, "Going Sane", Australian Film 1978-1992, Oxford Uni Press, 1993 p219
↑ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p110
↑ "A cut above the rest". By: Doug Aiton. 6 May 1995. THE SUNDAY AGE reprinted at the John Waters fan site accessed 28 July 2013
↑ "Production", Cinema Papers, March 1986 p62

External links

Going Sane at IMDb
Going Sane at Oz Movies

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[1] Keith Connolly, "Going Sane", Australian Film 1978-1992, Oxford Uni Press, 1993 p219

[stratton2-2] David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p110

[3] "A cut above the rest". By: Doug Aiton. 6 May 1995. THE SUNDAY AGE reprinted at the John Waters fan site accessed 28 July 2013

[4] "Production", Cinema Papers, March 1986 p62