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The Bit Part (1987)
Directed by Brendan Maher
Drama, Comedy · 1h 27m
Career counsellor Michael Thornton decides to change his career and become an actor. He dreams of performing Shakespeare but ends up in a television ad where only his hands appear on camera. He finds a friend in actress Mary McAllister (Nicole Kidman) until she is called to Hollywood to star in a horror feature. Katrina Foster plays Michael's understanding wife Helen, who supports him while he pursues his elusive dream.
Cast
Chris Haywood
Nicole Kidman
John Wood
Katrina Foster
Maurie Fields
Brian Mannix
Deborra-Lee Furness
Reg Gorman
Crew
- Director
- Brendan Maher
- Writer
- Steve Vizard, Ian McFadyen
- Director of Photography
- Ellery Ryan
- Editor
- Scott McLennan
- Producer
- John Gauci, Steve Vizard, Peter Herbert
Details
- Release date
- 1987-06-20
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Australia
- Production
- Comedia Limited