Gross Misconduct (film)
| Gross Misconduct | |
|---|---|
 Region 4 DVD cover | |
| Directed by | George T. Miller |
| Written by |
Gerard Maguire Lance Peters |
| Based on | the play by Lance Peters |
| Starring |
Jimmy Smits Naomi Watts |
| Music by | Bruce Rowland |
| Cinematography | David Connell |
| Edited by | Henry Dangar |
| Distributed by |
Becker Entertainment Magna Pacific |
Release dates | 29 July 1993 |
Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | over A$4 million[1] |
| Box office | A$489,598 (Australia) |
Gross Misconduct is a 1993 thriller film directed by George T. Miller. It stars Jimmy Smits and Naomi Watts.[2] It was nominated for an award by the Australian Film Institute in 1993.[3] The film has been likened to an Australian version of Fatal Attraction.[4]
Plot
At an all-girls academy in Australia, a married philosophy professor, Justin Thorne, attracts a fervent admirer in one of his students, Jennifer Carter.
Daughter of the school's headmaster, Jennifer is driven by a passion for the professor, practically throwing herself at him. Thorne resists repeatedly, but finally yields to temptation. Jennifer, feeling rejected later, accuses the professor of a sexual assault. A journal she has been keeping, fantasizing about a lover, makes it appear that she and the professor have been carrying on a long affair, placing Thorne's reputation and future in grave danger.
Cast
- Jimmy Smits as Justin Thorne
- Naomi Watts as Jennifer Carter
- Sarah Chadwick as Laura Thorne
- Adrian Wright as Kenneth Carter
- Tara Judah as Nancy Thorne
- Ross Williams as David Guilde
- Goran Stamenkovic as Oliver Thorne
Story and production
The film was based on a play which was written in 1969 by Lance Peters. It had been suggested by a 1955 scandal in Hobart, where university professor Sydney Orr had been sacked from his job on grounds of gross misconduct.[1] Gross Moral Turpitude, Cassandra Pybus' book on the Orr case which also emerged in 1993, gives a very different reading on Orr from Peters' and this film's. She writes that "in the Orr case... it was almost universally accepted... that an academic who seduced a student should be dismissed. He did. He was."[5]
The movie was the first film to be produced by PRO Films in Australia, a subsidiary of R.A. Beacker & Co. It was shot at various locations around Melbourne, including Melbourne University, the Melbourne Magistrates Court and Queen Victoria Market.[1]
Box office
Gross Misconduct grossed $489,598 at the box office in Australia.[6]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 Andrew Urban, "Gross Misconduct", Cinema Papers, January 1993 p4-9
- ↑ Dillard, Brian J. "Gross Misconduct". Allmovie. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107046/awards
- ↑ O'Connell, David (2 March 2010). "Review: Gross Misconduct (1993)". In Film Australia. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- ↑ Pybus, Cassandra. Gross Moral Turpitude. Heinemann, Port Melbourne 1993 p. 214
- ↑ Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office