The Clinic
Directed by	David Stevens
Written by	Greg Millin
Produced by	Robert Le Tet Bob Weis
Starring	Chris Haywood Simon Burke Gerda Nicolson
Cinematography	Ian Baker
Edited by	Edward McQueen-Mason
Music by	Red Symons
Production companies	Generations Films The Film House
Distributed by	Roadshow Film Distributors
Release dates	17 September 1982 (1982-09-17) (Toronto Film Festival) 21 April 1983 (1983-04-21) (Australia)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	A$1 million[1]
Box office	AU $414,000

The Clinic is a 1982 Australian comedy film produced by Robert Le Tet and Bob Weis and directed by David Stevens. The film is a comedy/drama describing a day in a Melbourne VD clinic focusing on four doctors and their patients.^[2] It was distributed by Roadshow Film Distributors.

Plot

Medical student Paul Armstrong (Simon Burke) arrives at a busy Melbourne VD clinic to study the work of the specialists there. Over the course of his visit, the strait-laced Paul encounters a diverse array of patients including gay man Charlie (Geoff Parry), middle-class woman Nancy (Veronica Lang), Carl (Martin Sharman), who has contracted a sexual disease after cheating on his fiancée, and Warwick (Ned Lander), who has lost his job due to contracting a disease.

Cast

• Chris Haywood as Dr. Eric Linden
• Simon Burke as Paul
• Gerda Nicolson as Linda
• Rona McLeod as Dr. Carol Young
• Suzanne Roylance as Patty
• Veronica Lang as Nancy
• Pat Evison as Alda
• Max Bruch as Hassad
• Gabrielle Hartley as Gillian
• Jane Clifton as Sharon
• Geoff Parry as Charlie
• Martin Sharman as Carl
• Ned Lander as Warwick
• Tommy Dysart as Patient
• Alex Menglet

Filming locations

The Clinic was filmed in Melbourne and Deniliquin, Australia.^[2] Seabrook House was used as the location of the fictional clinic at 573 Lonsdale Street, in Melbourne.

Award nominations

In 1983 the film received 2 AFI Award nominations for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Pat Evison) and Best Original Screenplay (Greg Millin).^[3]

Box office

The Clinic grossed $414,000 at the box office in Australia,^[4] which is equivalent to $1,092,960 in 2009 dollars.

See also

• Cinema of Australia

References

Further reading

• Murray, Scott, ed. (1994). Australian Cinema. St.Leonards, NSW.: Allen & Unwin/AFC. p. 239. ISBN 1-86373-311-6.

External links

• The Clinic at IMDb
• The Clinic is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
• The Clinic at Oz Movies
• The Clinic at the National Film and Sound Archive
• PlanetOut film review
• Seabrook House location of the fictional VD clinic at 573 Lonsdale St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia.

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