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Doctors and Nurses (film)

Doctors and Nurses is a 1981 Australian comedy film directed by Maurice Murphy. The gimmick is child actors play doctors and nurses and adults play patients.[2]

Cast

Reception

Filmink magazine later said "I’ve got to say, I used to watch this on VHS when I was eight and remember loving it. I haven’t seen it since I was eight. Amazing cast"[3]

Horror Movie and Goose Flesh

After making the movie, Maurice Murphy and Brian Rosen decided to make a follow-up project, shooting two films back to back, Horror Movie and Goose Flesh, budgeted at $500,000 each.[4] The movie had the same plot line but Horror Movie was a straight film whereas Goose Flesh was a comedy. The same cast and crew would be used.[2]

Filming starting in Sydney in April 1981. A scene would be shot straight then re-shot as a comedy. However the film ran out of money and filming stopped after a week. Brian Rosen was left with $700,000 debt.[2]

References

  1. ^ Jim Schembri, "Doctors & Nurses", Australian Film 1978-1992, Oxford Uni Press, 1993 p73
  2. ^ a b c David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p34-345
  3. ^ Vagg, Stephen (29 February 2020). "Top Ten 10BA Knock Offs". Filmink.
  4. ^ "Production Survey", Cinema Papers, May–June 1981 p169