Snapshot (1979)

Country of Origin: Australia
Year of Production: 1979
Running Times: 92m
Length: 2523 metres
Format: Eastmancolor 35mm
Ratio:
Sound: mono

DIRECTION

Director: Simon Wincer

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Australian Film Commission/Australian International Film Corp/F.G. Film Productions/Victorian Film Corporation
Executive Producer: William Fayman
Producer: Antony I. Ginnane
Associate Producer: Barbi Taylor

SCRIPT
Script: Chris de Roche, Everett De Roche

DIRECTION
1st Assistant Director: Tom Burstall
2nd Assistant Director: John Hipwell
Continuity: Jan Tyrrell

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Vincent Monton
Camera Operator: Louis Irving
Clapper Loader: Ian Jones
Focus Puller: David Brostoff
Gaffer: Tony Holtham
Key Grip: Noel Mudie
Stills Assistant: Peter White
Color Consultant: Bill Gooley

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Philip Reid

MUSIC
Music: Brian May
Song Performed By: Sherbet (Angela)

SOUND
Sound Recordist: Paul Clark
Sound Mixer: Peter Fenton
Sound Editors: Dean Gawen, Terry Rodman

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designer: Aphrodite Jansen

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designers: Jon Dowding, Jill Eden

OTHER CREW
Production Assistant: Jennifer Barty
Runner: Stuart Beatty

LOCATIONS
Locations: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Montsalvat, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

CAST

Chantal Contouri (Madeline)
Robert Bruning (Elmer)
Sigrid Thornton (Angela)
Denise Drysdale (Lily)
Vincent Gil (Daryl)
Jon Sidney (Mr Pluckett)
Jacqui Gordon (Becky)
Julia Blake (Mrs Bailey)
Hugh Keays-Byrne (Linsey)
Peter Stratford (Roger)
Christine Amor (Paula)
Lulu Pinkus (Wendy)
Bob Brown (Captain Rock)
Stewart Faichney (Peter)
Chris Milne (Book Marker)
Peter Felmingham (Boris)
Steven Clark (barman)

PLOT SUMMARY

Thrown out of her home by her puritanical mother, Angela befriends a group of models and poses for some shoots. But her new friends are soon being murdered by a mysterious killer who travels around in an ice-cream van.

Australia
Theatrical Distributor: Filmways Australasian Distributors
Video Distributor: Video Classics

Canada
Theatrical Distributor: Frontier Amusements

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Group 1 Film Distributors
Video Distributor: Catalina Video; Magnum Entertainment
DVD Distributor: Platinum Disc Corporation

Australia
Rating: M

USA
Rating: R

1979
Australian Film Institute, Australia
Best Actress in a Lead Role (Sigrid Thornton) - nominated

1979
June
1: Australia – theatrical release

1980
October
Day Unknown: USA – theatrical release

They Thought It Was Over But The Real Horror Began... The Day After Halloween.

Alastonkuva - Finnish title
Day After Halloween
The Day Before Halloween – US title
The Night After Halloween - US video title
One More Minute – US title

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Dead-End Drive In (1986)

PERIODICALS

Cinema Papers no.19 (January/February 1979) p.215 (Australia)
credits

hairdressers, models, serial killers

Last Updated: 20 April, 2010