Jack and Jill: A Postscript is a 1970 Australian film.
Plot
Jill, a kindergarten teacher who lives with her parents, meets Jack, a biker. The two fall in love but are unable to reconcile their differences, with tragic results.
Cast
Anthony Ward as Jack Anderson
Judy Leech attas Gillian O'Keefe
Lindsay How as Christopher
Stanley Randall as Stan
Jean Higgs as Mrs Whelan
Phyllis Freeman as Mrs O'Keefe
Alan Higgs as Mr O'Keefe
Gerry Humphries as Gerry
Bob Cornish as television announcer
Gordon Rumph as minister
Sylvia Threlfall as minister's wife
Ray Watts as the singer
Production
The script was originally devised in 1964 as a series of sketches where nursery rhymes provided commentary on modern suburbia. It took several years to film and shooting finished in mid 1969.[1][3]
Release
The film won a silver award at the 1969 Australian Film Awards and screened at a number of festivals. It was released commercially by Columbia Pictures.[4]
References
^ abAndrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 247
