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Solo

1977 Film
  • Romance
  • Drama
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About

Solo is a story about three people on the edge of nowhere, struggling to decide how much of themselves to share with those they care about. Young Australian hitchhiker Judy romances solo Dad Paul, who finds peace flying fire patrol planes above the forest. Paul's precocious son reacts badly to losing pole position to Judy, and takes to the air. Inspired partly by the oft-painful times when we are "more acutely in touch” with our emotions, Tony Williams' romance helped launch the Kiwi movie renaissance. But as he writes in the backgrounder, there was no fun in filming it three times. 

Key Cast & Crew

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Martyn Sanderson
As: Jules Catweazle
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Vincent Gil
As: Paul Robinson
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Lisa Peers
As: Judy Ballantyne
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Perry Armstrong
As: Billy Robinson
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Davina Whitehouse
As: Rohanna Beaulieu

Related images

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Writer/Director Tony Williams and cinematographer John Blick.
Kindly supplied by the Dominon Post.
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Tony Williams on location with actress Lisa Peers for the feature film Solo.
Sal Criscillo photograph for Tony Williams Productions. Kindly supplied by Tony Williams.
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Behind the scenes on Solo: the ground rig used to fake aerial cockpit scenes.
Supplied by Steve Locker-Lampson
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Filming the Tiger Moth which features in Solo: thankfully the plane's unheated carburettor continued to operate above the Southern Alps.
Kindly supplied by Steve Locker-Lampson.