| Uniform Title |
Tim (Motion picture : 1979) |
| Title |
Tim. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Umbrella Entertainment, [2015] |
| ©1979. |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (approximately 108 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Title from container. |
| Umbrella Entertainment : DAVID3428. |
| Originally produced as a motion picture in 1979. |
| Special features : Introduction by Christopher Pate, Interview with Michael Pate. |
| Based on the novel with the same title by Colleen McCullough, originally published in 1974. |
| Credits |
Produced and directed by Michael Pate. |
| Performers |
Piper Laurie, Mel Gibson, Alwyn Kurts. |
| Summary |
Mary Horton, a lonely, middle-aged American career woman living in Australia hires a handsome, young, mentally handicapped man named Tim to do yard-work. At first keeping her distance, Mary is drawn closer to Tim and as the weeks pass they form a bond. As the relationship deepens into romantic love, Tim's older sister Dawn resents Mary's intrusion into their lives and doubts the purity of the older woman's intentions. |
| Target audience note |
Rated: PG. |
| System details |
DVD ; Region 4. |
| Language note |
In English. |
| Subjects |
McCullough, Colleen, -- 1937-2015 -- Film adaptations |
| Man-woman relationships -- Australia -- Drama |
| Middle-aged women -- Australia -- Anecdotes |
| Men with disabilities -- Drama |
| Genre |
Feature films |
| Romance films |
| Film adaptions |
| Other Names |
Pate, Michael producer, director. |
| Laurie, Piper, 1932- actor. |
| Gibson, Mel, 1956- actor. |
| McCullough, Colleen, 1937-2015. Indecent obsession Film adaptation of (work) |
| Series |
Classic Australian stories |
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