| The Clinic | |
| Producer: | Robert Le Tet Bob Weis |
| Director: | David Stevens |
| Starring: | Chris Haywood Simon Burke Gerda Nicolson |
| Music: | Red Symons |
| Cinematography: | Ian Baker |
| Editing: | Edward McQueen-Mason |
| Studio: | Generations Films The Film House |
| Distributor: | Roadshow Film Distributors |
| Runtime: | 93 minutes |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | A$1 million[1] |
| Gross: | AU $414,000 |
The Clinic is a 1982 Australian comedy film produced by Robert Le Tet and Bob Weis and directed by David Stevens. The film is a comedy/drama describing a day in a Melbourne VD clinic focusing on four doctors and their patients.[2] It was distributed by Roadshow Film Distributors.
Medical student Paul Armstrong (Simon Burke) arrives at a busy Melbourne VD clinic to study the work of the specialists there. Over the course of his visit, the strait-laced Paul encounters a diverse array of patients including gay man Charlie (Geoff Parry), middle-class woman Nancy (Veronica Lang), Carl (Martin Sharman), who has contracted a sexual disease after cheating on his fiancée, and Warwick (Ned Lander), who has lost his job due to contracting a disease.
The Clinic was filmed in Melbourne and Deniliquin, Australia.[3] Seabrook House was used as the location of the fictional clinic at 573 Lonsdale Street, in Melbourne.
In 1983 the film received 2 AFI Award nominations for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Pat Evison) and Best Original Screenplay (Greg Millin).[4]
The Clinic grossed $414,000 at the box office in Australia,[5] which is equivalent to $1,092,960 in 2009 dollars.