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- “Unfortunately, I never got to finish it because the sound on it needed fixing and I just didn’t have the money,” he says. Then came Summer City, which he funded with the help of mates “and cast a guy named Mel Gibson”.
www.oceanroadmagazine.com.au/the-phil-avalon-story/
He says he offered the script to Brian Trenchard-Smith as director, but Trenchard-Smith suggested Avalon direct it himself because he knew the subject matter so well. Avalon eventually gave the job to Chris Fraser, a young director who had another project Avalon was going to produce. [3]
Dec 1, 2022 · The film is the third in the series from legendary Australian producer Phil Avalon, with the original 1977 low budget production introducing Mel Gibson to audiences prior to his breakthrough role in Mad Max two years later. The second edition came in 1988, titled Breaking Loose: Summer City II.
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In the early 1960s, Sandy (John Jarratt), Boo (Steve Bisley), Scollop (Mel Gibson) and Robbie (Phil Avalon) drive to the beaches north of Sydney for a surfing weekend. The boys are planning to give Sandy a memorable ?one last fling' before his impending marriage.
Jul 8, 2021 · Two years before his breakout role in Mad Ma x, Mel Gibson stars alongside Phil Avalon in surfer flick Summer City, his very first film.
Four friends take a road trip to kick back, hit the pubs, and go surfing. Tension builds among the group between Sandy, a quiet young man who is angered by the obnoxious, womanizing Boo who seduces a teenaged girl while on their trip in one of his usual one night stands.
Four friends take a road trip to kick back, hit the pubs, and go surfing. Tension builds among the group between Sandy, a quiet young man who is angered by the obnoxious, womanizing Boo who seduces a teenaged girl while on their trip in one of his usual one night stands.
