Don is a schoolteacher living with his wife Kath and baby son in suburban Melbourne. On the night of the 1969 federal election he invites a small group of friends to celebrate a predicted Australian Labor Party (ALP) election victory, much to the dismay of his wife. To the party come Mal, Don's university mentor, and his bitter wife Jenny, sex-obsessed Cooley and his latest girlfriend, nineteen-year-old Susan, Evan, a dentist, and his beautiful artist wife Kerry. Somehow, two Liberal supporters, Simon and Jody also come. As the party wears on it becomes clear that the Labor party, which is supported by Don and most of the guests, is not winning. As a result, alcohol consumption increases, and the sniping between Don and his male friends about their failed aspirations gets uglier, as does their behavior toward the women. Mack, a design engineer whose wife has just left him, pulls out a nude photo of her for his friends' approval. Crass womanizer Cooley pursues the available women. The disillusioned wives exchange tales of their husbands' sub-par sexual performance. By the end of the night, Don and some of his friends have begun to grasp the emptiness of their compromised lives. Synopsis by IMDb
The movie Dons Party is about a wild house party in a suburban Australian neighbourhood. Don Henderson convinces his wife to have another party so that their friends can gather to watch the election, drink and carry on. Dons wife, Kath sees the party as just more work, while Don sees it as a chance to break his boring routine. The year is 1969 and some of Dons friends have jumped on the bandwagon of sexual freedom and experimentation. However, others at the party are more conservative about their politics and sex, and naturally, arguments break out over politics and fist fights erupt over the seduction of others wives.
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Release date: 10th November, 1976 (Australia)
Director: Bruce Beresford
Writer: David Williamson (based on his original 1971 stage play)
Genre: comedy/drama
Duration: approximately 89 minutes
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 (16:9 widescreen)
Audio: English mono
Subtitles: none
Video Format: MPEG-4 (MP4)
Size: 847MB
DVD release: 2006
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Stars: John Hargreaves, Jeanie Drynan, Graham Kennedy, Pat Bishop, Graeme Blundell, Harold Hopkins, Candy Raymond, Kit Taylor, Ray Barrett, Claire Binney, Veronica Lang.
Guest appearance by John Grey Gorton (Prime Minister of Australia 1968-1971)
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