Middle Age Spread
5.9
“A Comedy of Bad Manners”
Colin is the deputy principal of a city high school (Avondale College, Auckland) who reluctantly applies for the principal's job on the latter's retirement. Colin's wife, Elizabeth - who is losing interest in him -gives a dinner party. Among the guests is Judy, temporarily reconciled with her husband for the sake of the children. Colin - who has taken upon jogging to combat a spreading waistline - and Judy, gradually enter into an affair.
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Cast
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Grant Tilly
Colin
Also in
30 Days of Night
Nate and Hayes
Dorothy McKegg
Elizabeth
Known for
Sleeping Dogs
John Reid
Keith Aberdein
John Barnett
Also in
Kaleidoscope
Peter Sumner
Reg
Known for
Moby Dick
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
Roger Hall
Bridget Armstrong
Isobel
Known for
For the Love of Benji
Donna Akersten
Judy
Known for
Meet the Feebles
Sleeping Dogs
Bevan Wilson
Robert
Also in
A Journey to the Center of the Earth
Moby-Dick
Kerry McGregor
Jane
Also in
Grange Hill
John Linaker
Roddy
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John Reid Director · Keith Aberdein Screenplay Stephen McCurdy Composer
Budget $100K · First release June 1, 1979 · Produced in New Zealand
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Budget
$100,000
Production
Endeavour Productions
Production · Distribution
New Zealand Film Commission
Production
New Zealand
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
New Zealand · June 1, 1979
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No release date listed for United States.
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