Middle Age Spread
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| Directed by | John Reid |
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| Produced by | John Barnett |
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| Cinematography | Alun Bollinger |
| Edited by | Michael Horton |
| Music by | Stephen McCurdy |
| Distributed by | Endeavour Productions |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Language | English |
Middle Age Spread is a 1979 New Zealand film. It is an adaptation of the Roger Hall play of the same name.[1] This is John Reid's directorial feature debut.[2][3]
Plot
A deputy principal of a high school takes up jogging to combat a spreading waistline and gradually enters into an affair with a co-worker's wife when his wife loses interest in him.
Cast
- Grant Tilly – Colin
- Donna Akersten – Judy
- Dorothy McKegg – Elizabeth
- Bridget Armstrong – Isobel
- Bevan Wilson – Robert
- Peter Sumner – Reg
References
- New Zealand Film 1912–1996 by Helen Martin & Sam Edwards p. 69 (1997, Oxford University Press, Auckland) ISBN 019 558336 1
- ^ Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.
- ^ Cowie, Peter (1981). International Film Guide 1981. A. S. Barnes, Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-498-02530-3.
- ^ Conrich, Ian; Murray, Stuart (2007). New Zealand Filmmakers. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-3017-3.
External links
- Middle Age Spread at IMDb
- Middle Age Spread (1979) at New Zealand Feature Film Database