| 词条 | A Sting in the Tale |
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| name = A Sting in the Tale | image = | image size =16mm | caption = | director = Eugene Schlusser | producer = Rosa Colosimo Reg McLean | writer = Patrick Edgeworth | based on = story by Rosa Colosimo Patrick Edgworth Reg McLdean Eugene Schlusser | narrator = | starring = Diane Craig Gary Day | music = Alan Zavod | cinematography = Nicholas Sherman | editing = Zbygniew Friedrich | studio = Rosa Colosimo Films | distributor = | released = November 1989 | runtime = 92 mins | country = Australia | language = English | budget = | gross = | preceded by = | followed by = }}A Sting in the Tale is a 1989 Australian political satire film directed by Eugene Schlusser and starring Diane Craig and Gary Day.[1] PlotDiane Lane (Diane Craig) is elected to Canberra as an MP. Her married lover, Barry Robbins (Gary Day), is Minister for Health and her best friend is journalist Louise Parker (Lynne Williams). Barry wants to depose the current Prime Minister and tries to enlist the support of media baron Roger Monroe (Edwin Hodgeman). However Diane is angry at Monroe for suppressing news of negligence in a mining disaster which killed her father and twenty others. Diane leaks a document to embarrass the government about its plans for media ownership. The Prime Minister appoints her as Minister to the Arts in order to control her. Diane then discovers Monroe has planted someone in her office to watch her. She tries to bring down Monroe and become Australia's first female Prime Minister. Cast
ProductionThe film was shot in Adelaide.[2] References1. ^David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p225 2. ^Paul Harris, "A Sting in the Tail", Australian Film 1978-1992, Oxford Uni Press, 1993 p287 External links
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