''Greenkeeping'' is a 1992 Australian film directed by

David Caesar David Caesar (born 1963) is an Australian television and film director and writer. He grew up in Turlinjah on the south coast of NSW and attended school in nearby Moruya where he was school captain in his senior year. Caesar graduated from the ...

Cast

* Mark Little as Lenny * Lisa Hensley as Sue *

Max Cullen Maxwell Phillip Cullen (born 29 April 1940) is an Australian stage and screen actor. He has appeared in many Australian films and television series but is best known for his role in the film '' Spider and Rose'' and the television series '' The ...

as Tom * Jan Adele as Doreen *

Gia Carides Gia Carides (; born 7 June 1964) is an Australian actress. She portrayed Liz Holt in ''Strictly Ballroom'' (1992), Susy Connor in '' Brilliant Lies'' (1996), and Cousin Nikki in the ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding'' franchise (2002–2023). Early ...

as Gina *

Syd Conabere Sydney Leicester Conabere (8 July 191815 July 2008) was an Australian actor and puppeter. He was notable for his work in theatre, film and television drama in a career spanning more than fifty years. In 1962 Conabere won the Logie award for Bes ...

as Milton *

Robyn Nevin Robyn Anne Nevin (25 September 1942) is an Australian actress recognised with the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards and the JC Williamson Award at the Helpmann Awards for her outstanding contributions to Australian theatre performance art. F ...

as Mum * Willie Fennel as Old Player *

David Wenham David Wenham (born 21 September 1965) is an Australian actor who has appeared in film, television and theatre. He is known for his roles as Faramir in The Lord of the Rings (film series), ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy, Friar Carl in ' ...

as Trevor * Rob Steele as Bob

Production

Caesar had originally wanted to make his feature debut with another script he had written, ''Prime Mover''. However, it was expensive to produce, so he decided to make the cheaper ''Greenkeeping'' instead after having a successful reading of the script at the Harold Park Hotel.Peter Galvin, "David Caesar's Greenkeeping", ''Cinema Papers'', January 1992 p20-26 Caesar contrasted ''Greenkeeping'' with ''Prime Mover'', which was about a truck driver:

With ''Greenkeeping'', I tried to do something about a character who was trying to go for a far less masculine lifestyle, a character who was literally doing the best he could within a domestic world; about trying to make his relationship, a very difficult relationship, with his wife work; about trying to do a job that he wasn't very good at as best he could; about trying to deal with problems like that. I think it's important to tell more stories like that. So it's about a guy who's doing the best he can. And I'm interested in telling stories like that, but on different levels."Interview with David Caesar", ''Signet'', 4 April 1997
accessed 18 November 2012

The film was funded by the

Australian Film Commission The Australian Film Commission (AFC) was an Australian government agency was founded in 1975 with a mandate to promote the creation and distribution of films in Australia as well as to preserve the country's film history. It also had a product ...

References

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''Greenkeeping''
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