The Perfectionist is a 1981 play by David Williamson. It was adapted into a film for television directed by Chris Thomson in 1985.
Plot The plot revolves around an academic who is working on a PhD. His wife hires a Danish student to babysit their children.
Film version
In 1983 Patricia Lovell announced plans to produce a film version of the play directed by Williamson but they were unable to finance it. A telemovie was made in 1985.David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p191Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970–1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p37 The telemovie was subsequently sold in multiple international territories, but also for television and direct-to-video.David Williamson's The Perfectionist (1985). Ozmovies. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
In the United States, the film was released by New World Pictures under the title, Three's Trouble. The 1989 VHS spine identifies the genre, in New World Home Video house style, as "Sex/Comedy."
Cast Jacki Weaver as Barbara Gunn John Waters as Stuart Gunn Adam Willits as Shaun Gunn Noel Ferrier as Jack Gunn Steven Vidler as Erik Kate Fitzpatrick as Su Linda Cropper as Margaret Bridges Maggie Dence as Rosie Peters Sharon Millerchip as Young Babysitter Steve Jacobs as Lecturer
References
External links
David Williamson's The Perfectionist at Ozmovies