Trial Run (1984 film)
Trial Run is a 1984 New Zealand film directed by Melanie Read starring Annie Whittle.[1][2] The film is a feminist revision of the thriller genre.[3][4][5][6]
| Trial Run | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Melanie Read |
| Screenplay by | Melanie Read |
| Produced by | Don Reynolds |
| Starring | Annie Whittle |
| Cinematography | Allen Guilford |
| Edited by | Finola Dwyer |
Production companies | Double Feature Investments Cinema and Television Productions |
Release date | 1984 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | New Zealand |
Plot summary
Rosemary Edmonds, a photographer and runner, must temporarily leave her husband and two children when she moves into a remote coastal cottage to carry out an assignment to photograph a colony of rare penguins. It soon becomes apparent that she is being stalked in the cottage by an unknown tormentor.[2][7]
Cast
- Annie Whittle as Rosemary Edmonds
- Judith Gibson as Frances Hunt
- Christopher Broun as James Edmonds
- Philippa Mayne as Anne Edmonds
- Stephen Tozer as Michael Edmonds
- Martyn Sanderson as Alan West
- Lee Grant as Mrs Jones
- Frances Edmond as Police Constable Miller
- Teresa Woodham as publisher
- Allison Roe as Allison
- Karen Sims as reporter
- Maggie Eyre as Miss Walsh
- Margaret Blay as ghost
- Roy - Smiley the dog
References
- Martin, Helen; Edwards, Sam (1997). "New Zealand film, 1912-1996". Trove. Auckland ; Melbourne ; Oxford :Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-558336-1. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- "Trial Run". British Film Institute. 1984. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- Steven Jay Schneider, Tony Williams - Horror International - Page 116 08143310172005
- Screen International Film and TV Year Book -1990 Page 40 He produced his first film Trial Run in 1984.
- Jocelyn Robson Girls' Own Stories: Australian and New Zealand Women's Films 1997 ... and we are not given the images of vicious bloody attack or of unrestrained violence against the female body. Our 'victim' is a strong woman who despite intimidation, violence and threats survives a life-endangering situation and stands firm and physically undamaged finally to confront her tormentor. There is therefore a deliberate mismatch between certain aspects of the Hollywood psychological thriller and the film Trial Run. In making the strong woman both victim and protagonist, ...
- Jonathan Dennis, Jan Bieringa - Film in Aotearoa New Zealand 1992 Read's feature film Trial Run (1984), a feminist revision of the thriller genre, included vivid and somewhat enigmatic dream scenes.
- "Trial Run". NZ On Screen. Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. 1984. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
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