The FJ Holden
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
The FJ Holden (1977, AUS) is a Teen-Carsploitation film directed by Michael Thornhill.
- Contents: Watch Trailer | Soundtrack
- Included in: 20 Outrageous Ozploitation Classics
Main Details
- Released in 1977 | Color
- Running Time: 101 Min.
- Production Co: FJ Films
- Directed by Michael Thornhill
- Written by Terry Larsen
- Starring Paul Couzens, Eva Dickinson, Carl Stever, Garry Waddell, Graham Rouse, Karlene Rogerson, Vicki Arkley
- Produced by Errol Sullivan, Michael Thornhill, Jenny Woods
- Original Music by Jim Manzie
- Cinematography by David Gribble
- Film Editing by Max Lemon
Taglines
- Kevin and the love of his life. He likes his girl Anne, too.
- Fast cars. Fast girls. Fast times.
- He was tough, so were the cops, the fights, the adventures and the girls.
Synopsis
The FJ Holden is a snapshot of the life of young teenage men in Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia in the 1970s and deals with the characters' difficulty in reconciling mateship with respect for a girlfriend. Debi Enker in Australian Cinema comments: "The FJ Holden presents the suburbs as a cultural and spiritual desert. It is a place where regular bouts with the bottle are the only antidote for lives without hope or direction."
