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.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 247David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980 p12
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.Bruce Hodson, 'The Carlton Ripple and the Australian Film Revival', Screening the Past accessed 15 Sept 2012
References
External links Jack and Jill: A Postscript at IMDb Jack and Jill: A Postscript at Australian Screen Online Jack and Jill a Postscript at Oz Movies