One Night Stand | |
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Directed by | John Duigan |
Produced by | Richard Mason |
Written by | John Duigan |
Starring | Tyler Coppin Cassandra Delaney Jay Hackett Saskia Post David Pledger |
Music by | William Motzing |
Cinematography | Tom Cowan |
Edited by | John Scott |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Hoyts Distribution |
Release date | 5 May 1984 |
94 minutes | |
Countries | Australia Canada |
Language | English |
Budget | A$1.4 million[1] |
Box office | A$111,978 (Australia) |
One night, hot springs. Relation: One Night, Hot Springs. Mac OS Windows: Medium: Internet download: Resolution. Steam, SteamDB, Itch.io: Traditional Chinese. The player will step into the shoes of one of the few approved Human ambassadors (whose name and pronouns can be set by the player), tasked with negotiating peace during a tense political summit. But more than an Ambassador, the player is also an oracle, one of the rare individuals burdened by visions of the stars and the ever changing future.
One Night Stand is a 1984 science fiction film directed by John Duigan.[2]
Just before Christmas, Sydney Opera House usherette Sharon and her friend Eva meet best mates Brendan and Tony in the midst of an anti-war protest in front of two United States Navy ships. Despite being dressed as Santa Claus, the men chat up the women. Brendan attempts to impress Sharon by claiming to be a singer who has performed at the Opera House. The four go on a double date to see Midnight Oil and later the women kick the men out of their flat after overhearing them (falsely) claim to each other to have seduced their dates. There are news reports of growing tension between the United States and Soviet Union with fears that one mistake could lead to nuclear war.
On New Year's Eve, Sharon is working at the Opera House and after the performance, Eva meets her so they can go to a party. They find a U.S. Navy Sailor asleep in one of the theatres, who identifies himself as Sam. Having known for months that war was imminent, he deserted his ship and has been hiding in the Opera House. Sharon recognises him from a newspaper article which describes him as 'missing'. While the three talk in the control room of the theatre, Brendan comes onto the stage and attempts to sing, revealing that he works as a cleaner in the Opera House. While the women talk to Brendan, Sam overhears on the radio that war has broken out in Europe and tactical nuclear weapons have been used in Germany. There are further news reports that four military targets in Australia – North West Cape, Pine Gap, Nurrungar and Jervis Bay – have been hit by nuclear weapons.
Ordered to stay in the Opera House, the four try to figure out the best way they can survive the escalating conflict, initially hiding in the basement then going to a bar (for which Brendan has they key), getting drunk and playing strip poker, as well as dancing to the cinematic backdrop of Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927 film) during one of its later scenes when an underground workers community faces an apocalyptic flood scenario of its own. Through a series of flashbacks and talking about their past, the four begin to bond. The following morning, Brendan and Sharon pair off and have sex in a storage room, and Eva finds a television and learns that the war in Europe has escalated to a full-scale nuclear exchange, with much of Europe and the United States devastated. The newscast then shows footage of horribly burned and disfigured victims of a nuclear blast near New York City. As the sky begins to turn red from firestorms around Sydney and air raid sirens go off, the four, upon hearing an emergency announcement on the radio, join thousands of others taking refuge in the underground Martin Place railway station. As Sharon and Eva sing 'It Might as Well Rain Until September' to entertain the crowd, the lights go out and a loud explosion is heard above them. The frame freezes and it is uncertain whether Sydney has been hit by a nuclear weapon in its turn.
Richard Mason and John Duigan brought the script to Hoyts Edgley who agreed to back it. Simon Wincer called Duigan 'a highly talented filmmaker and a brilliant writer' who was 'an utter joy to work with'.[1]
The Opera House was only used for ten days of filming because it was too expensive to hire. The rest of the movie was shot in the Seymour Centre.[3]
The film includes a performance by Midnight Oil.
Paul Hester, drummer for Split Enz and Crowded House, appears in the film uncredited.
One Night Stand grossed $111,978 at the box office in Australia,[4] which is equivalent to $284,424 in 2009 dollars.
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One-Night Stand is a column chronicling hook-ups in Montreal. In an effort to better understand what’s really unfolding in our bars, clubs and venues, we’re asking our readers to submit stories of their most memorable sexual experiences, be they great or terrible, with the new friends they make when they’re out. What follows is a firsthand account of what happens in our city’s bedrooms on any given night.
Age: 33
Sex: Female
Orientation: Straight
Meeting place: St-Laurent
The details: One November night, after personally depleting the global supply of vodka by half, I bumped into a semi-acquaintance (probably literally). We collected some party supplies and went back to my place. When I went outside for a cigarette, leaving him in my room to non-smoke, I accidentally closed the door behind me, cleverly locking myself onto my third-floor, alley-facing balcony. I yelled for help for over 20 minutes, but nobody answered, and I began to assume I was going to die out there, cold and alone like a mewling little orphan baby lamb. I decided to climb down, mini-dress, stacked-heel boots and all. It went really well for, like, two feet. I fell the remaining two-and-three-quarter storeys, luckily crashing through my downstairs neighbours’ terrasse roof to break the fall, and my soft, doll-like drunk body probably didn’t hurt either. I rang my door like a maniac to be let back in, bumbling boozily about my HILARIOUS ADVENTURE. The next morning, mercifully, he was gone when I woke up. But the world had obviously kicked the shit out of me — one elbow was swollen to triple the size, a knee severely injured, and I was covered in cuts and bruises. And when I finally got around to starting work again, I turned on my computer, and my browser history immediately showed me that he’d been in my room Googling himself the whole time. ■
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