The Picture Show Man (John Power, 1977) prod. Joan Long for Limelight Productions, wr. Joan Long from Penn's Pictures on Tour by Lyle Penn, dp Geoff Burton, music Peter Best, design David Copping, animal wrangler Heath Harris, stunts Grant Page; John Meillon, Rod Taylor, John Ewart, Harold Hopkins, Garry McDonald, Tony Barry, Patrick Cargill, Sally Conabee, Jeanie Drynan, Judy Morris; Melbourne, colour, 35mm, 98 min.
In the early 1900s, a man, his son and a piano player travel around Australia showing the first movies. But what they really want is stay at one place and open up a cinema.
You have to love this (well, I do) even if only because it's about the movie business - and it has John Meillon in the lead.
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