''Till There Was You'' is a 1990 Australian film directed by

John Seale John Clement Seale ACS ASC (born 5 October 1942) is an Australian cinematographer. He won an Oscar for his work in the 1996 film ''The English Patient,'' in addition to a BAFTA and Satellite Award. He is a member of both the Australian Cin ...

, written by Michael Thomas, and starring

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, Martin Garner, Gregory T. Daniel, and Deborah Kara Unger. The film was shot on location in the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu. The film's title is taken from the song "

Till There Was You "Till There Was You" is a show tune written in 1950 by Meredith Willson, originally entitled "Till I Met You." It was originally recorded October 25, 1950, by Meredith Willson & his Orchestra and Eileen Wilson. The song was retitled and used ...

", written by

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for his 1957 musical play '' The Music Man''. Australian pop singer Kate Ceberano performed the song on the movie's soundtrack.

Plot

Frank Flynn is summonsed from New York City to Vanuatu by his brother Charlie. He arrives only to find Charlie dead, and becomes involved with his late brother's partner, Viv, and Viv's unhappy wife, Anna.

Cast

as Frank Flynn *

Jeroen Krabbe Jeroen () is a Dutch male given name originating from the Greek Hieronymus, and is equivalent to the English name Jerome. In the Netherlands, there are around 52,000 people who are named Jeroen, while in Belgium there are around 11,000 people of th ...

as Robert 'Viv' Vivaldi * Deborah Unger as Anna Vivaldi * Martin Garner as Mr. Jimmy *Gregory Daniel as Trumpet Player *Terry Davis as Joanna *Pamela Kalsal as Stewardess * Shane Briant as Rex * Lech Mackiewicz as Muzza *Ivan Kesa as Snowy *

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as Robbo *

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as Nobby * Kate Ceberano as Jazz Singer

Production

According to producer

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, the aim of the movie was to make an adventure film in the style of ''

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'' (1954) or ''

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'' (1944). It marked the directorial debut of highly regarded cinematographer John Seale. Dennis Quaid was originally rumoured to play the lead. Half the budget was provided by the FFC, whose contribution amounted to $6,326,711.Helen Barlow, "The Australian Film Finance Corporation", ''Cinema Papers'', August 1991 p35 The film was shot from 6 November 1989 to 19 January 1990.

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