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| writer = [[Hugh Stuckey]]<br>Howard Leeds
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| starring = [[Johnny Pace]]<br>Harriet Pace<br>[[Mike Preston]]<br>Joe Martin<br>[[Noel Ferrier]]<br>[[Barry Creyton]]<br>[[Abigail (actress)|Abigail]]<br>[[Stuart Wagstaff]]<br>[[Joy Chambers]]<br>[[Ugly Dave Gray]]
| starring = [[Johnny Pace]]<br>Harriet Pace<br>[[Mike Preston]]<br>Joe Martin<br>[[Noel Ferrier]]<br>[[Barry Creyton]]<br>[[Abigail (actress)|Abigail]]<br>[[Stuart Wagstaff]]<br>[[Joy Chambers]]<br>[[Ugly Dave Gray]]
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| distributor = Network Ten
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| released = 8 July 1977<ref>{{Cite news|title=TV Guide|date=3 July 1977|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|page=60}}</ref>
| released = 1977
| runtime = 75 mins
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'''''All at Sea''''' is a 1977 Australian television film about a group of misfits on holiday on an island resort. It used the cast from ''The Celebrity Game''.<ref name="scott">Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p5</ref>
'''''All at Sea''''' is a 1977 Australian television film about a group of misfits on holiday on an island resort. It used the cast from ''The Celebrity Game''.<ref name="scott">Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p5</ref>
==Premise==

The adventures of various guests and staff at Sea Island Resort in Queensland. It is run by Mr Blimer with the help of John Bright. Blimer tries to seduce his assistant; a waitress, Joy, is constantly harrassed by the guests but is working her own agenda; employee Mike likes Maryanne but winds up sleeping with the seemingly proper Miss Farrow; Arthur Pickering, is a government minister; a reverend, Parslow, is actually a thief.
==Cast==
*Johnny Pace as John Bright
*[[Mike Preston]] as Mike
*Joe Martin as Joe, the barman
*[[Joy Chambers]] as Joy
*Harriet Pace (as "Harriet") as Miss Tuttle
*[[Noel Ferrier]] as Mr. Blimer
*[[Johnny Lockwood]] as Reverend Parslow/George Parsons
*[[Abigail (actress)|Abigail]] as Denise Demour
*[[Stuart Wagstaff]] as Mr Arthur Pickering
*[[Cornelia Frances]] as Miss Farrow
*[[Sheila Kennelly]] as Mrs. Hand
*[[Ugly Dave Gray]] as Dick Goscomb
*[[Barry Creyton]] as Dennis Radley
*[[Megan Williams (actress)|Megan Williams]] as Maryanne Hand
*Barbara Wyndon
*Jacqueline Kott
*Garry Keane
*Sheryl Sciro
*Ray Marshall
*[[Alan Penney]]
==Production==
==Production==
The film was a rare comedy from the Grundy Organisation. [[Reg Grundy]] claimed he was the one who had the idea of making an Australian TV movie in the vein of the [[Carry On (franchise)|Carry On]] films featuring the most popular comics in the country. He pitched the idea to Ian Holmes at [[Network Ten|Channel Ten]] who agreed to finance it. Grundy's wife [[Joy Chambers]] was then a panelist on ''[[The Celebrity Game]]'' on Channel Ten, and she also appeared in the cast.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51588460 |title=Joy's happy as a doctor in distress. |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] | date=30 September 1981 |accessdate=14 July 2013 |page=133 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
The film was a rare comedy from the Grundy Organisation. [[Reg Grundy]] claimed he was the one who had the idea of making an Australian TV movie in the vein of the [[Carry On (franchise)|Carry On]] films featuring the most popular comics in the country. He pitched the idea to Ian Holmes at [[Network Ten|Channel Ten]] who agreed to finance it. Grundy's wife [[Joy Chambers]] was then a panelist on ''[[The Celebrity Game]]'' on Channel Ten, and she also appeared in the cast.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51588460 |title=Joy's happy as a doctor in distress. |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] | date=30 September 1981 |accessdate=14 July 2013 |page=133 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
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Grundy assigned producing duties to Howard Leeds who had recently joined Grundys from Hollywood. "So here I had an American producing a show that was based entirely on English comedy with mostly Australian actors", Grundy later wrote. "It was a mishmash."<ref name="reg">Reg Grundy, ''Reg Grundy'', Pier 9, 2010 p 183</ref>
Grundy assigned producing duties to Howard Leeds who had recently joined Grundys from Hollywood. "So here I had an American producing a show that was based entirely on English comedy with mostly Australian actors", Grundy later wrote. "It was a mishmash."<ref name="reg">Reg Grundy, ''Reg Grundy'', Pier 9, 2010 p 183</ref>


The Johnny Lockwood part was originally offered to [[John Meillon]] who turned it down.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230404028 |title=WHAT WILL THEY SAY WHEN I WALK AWAY ? |newspaper=[[Tharunka]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=24 October 1977 |access-date=13 June 2020 |page=22 |via=Trove }} </ref>

The film was shot in Sydney over 12 days in February 1977 at locations including the Shore Motel at Artarmon, the Pasadena Hotel, Church Point, Sacha's Restaurant, the Newport Hotel and Newport.<ref>{{cite web|website=Oz Movies|title=All at Sea|url=https://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/all-at-sea}}</ref>
==Reception==
==Reception==
Grundy wrote in his 2010 memoirs that the movie "got a twenty-one rating which these days would be a hit but back then was just okay. Howard [Leeds] had struck out."<ref name="reg"/> No TV station wanted to pick it up and turn it into a series.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47121437 |title=Grundy boss: IT'S DRAMA '80. |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] | date=14 May 1980 |accessdate=14 July 2013 |page=205 Supplement: TV Weekly |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
Grundy wrote in his 2010 memoirs that the movie "got a twenty-one rating which these days would be a hit but back then was just okay. Howard [Leeds] had struck out."<ref name="reg"/> No TV station wanted to pick it up and turn it into a series.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47121437 |title=Grundy boss: IT'S DRAMA '80. |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] | date=14 May 1980 |accessdate=14 July 2013 |page=205 Supplement: TV Weekly |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

Revision as of 12:04, 13 June 2020

All at Sea
Directed byIgor Auzins
Written byHugh Stuckey
Based onstory by Howard Leeds
Produced byHoward Leeds
StarringJohnny Pace
Harriet Pace
Mike Preston
Joe Martin
Noel Ferrier
Barry Creyton
Abigail
Stuart Wagstaff
Joy Chambers
Ugly Dave Gray
CinematographyPaul Onorato
Production
company
Distributed byNetwork Ten
Release date
8 July 1977[1]
Running time
75 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

All at Sea is a 1977 Australian television film about a group of misfits on holiday on an island resort. It used the cast from The Celebrity Game.[2]

Premise

The adventures of various guests and staff at Sea Island Resort in Queensland. It is run by Mr Blimer with the help of John Bright. Blimer tries to seduce his assistant; a waitress, Joy, is constantly harrassed by the guests but is working her own agenda; employee Mike likes Maryanne but winds up sleeping with the seemingly proper Miss Farrow; Arthur Pickering, is a government minister; a reverend, Parslow, is actually a thief.

Cast

Production

The film was a rare comedy from the Grundy Organisation. Reg Grundy claimed he was the one who had the idea of making an Australian TV movie in the vein of the Carry On films featuring the most popular comics in the country. He pitched the idea to Ian Holmes at Channel Ten who agreed to finance it. Grundy's wife Joy Chambers was then a panelist on The Celebrity Game on Channel Ten, and she also appeared in the cast.[3]

Grundy assigned producing duties to Howard Leeds who had recently joined Grundys from Hollywood. "So here I had an American producing a show that was based entirely on English comedy with mostly Australian actors", Grundy later wrote. "It was a mishmash."[4]

The Johnny Lockwood part was originally offered to John Meillon who turned it down.[5]

The film was shot in Sydney over 12 days in February 1977 at locations including the Shore Motel at Artarmon, the Pasadena Hotel, Church Point, Sacha's Restaurant, the Newport Hotel and Newport.[6]

Reception

Grundy wrote in his 2010 memoirs that the movie "got a twenty-one rating which these days would be a hit but back then was just okay. Howard [Leeds] had struck out."[4] No TV station wanted to pick it up and turn it into a series.[7]

References

  1. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 3 July 1977. p. 60.
  2. ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p5
  3. ^ "Joy's happy as a doctor in distress". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 30 September 1981. p. 133. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  4. ^ a b Reg Grundy, Reg Grundy, Pier 9, 2010 p 183
  5. ^ "WHAT WILL THEY SAY WHEN I WALK AWAY ?". Tharunka. New South Wales, Australia. 24 October 1977. p. 22. Retrieved 13 June 2020 – via Trove.
  6. ^ "All at Sea". Oz Movies.
  7. ^ "Grundy boss: IT'S DRAMA '80". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 14 May 1980. p. 205 Supplement: TV Weekly. Retrieved 14 July 2013.

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