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Synopsis: The movie Dons Party is about a wild house party in a suburban Australian neighbourhood. Don Henderson convinces his wife to have another party so that their friends can gather to watch the election, drink and carry on. Dons wife, Kath sees the party as just more work, while Don sees it as a chance to break his boring routine. The year is 1969 and some of Dons friends have jumped on the bandwagon of sexual freedom and experimentation. However, others at the party are more conservative about their politics and sex, and naturally, arguments break out over politics and fist fights erupt over the seduction of others wives.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Bruce Beresford
  6 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Year:
1976
90 min
870 Views


I take it, Mal, that you'll be happy

for a Labor victory tonight.

I take it we all will.

Oh, no... I'm pretty neutral.

I'd take it Casey was the litmus seat...

and I haven't seen anything for Petty yet.

What about YOU Jody.

- Are you neutral too?

- Oh, no... I vote Liberal!

- Oh that's very courageous!

- What? Voting Liberal?

No... admitting it...

Very courageous!

Bet you won't speak to me

again now!

On the contrary...

Makes you VERY interesting.

Ahoy, everyone!

Out to the kitchen!

I'm about to unwrap

me 'Pornographic Object'!

You better all laugh...

He spent all afternoon on it.

Did you pose for that, Jen?

He copied it from 'Playboy'!

Thank you very much, I was going to tell them

that I copied it from 'Playboy'. Right?!

- Hi Kath... g'day Jenny!

- Hello, Mack!

G'day, shithead!

Where's the dreaded Ruth?

I've left her.

I'm sorry mate... I didn't know.

Who's this gorgeous woman?

Jody... and Simon...

That's Mack.

- Sorry about the wife.

- Sh*t, I'm not!

Look!

Took it myself.

- Who IS this?!

- My wife!

You wouldn't pick HER for a librarian,

would you?

- You've really left her?

- When?

Three days ago.

Where are you living?

Oh... I'm still at home.

It was easier for HER to shift out,

than me.

Where's Cooley?

The DLP last year were talking

about switching preferences.

And Senator Gair

was behind that move.

But they switched back this year.

- I know what Gair's been saying in private...

- What?

Universities should stop

teaching courses in politics...

...because they're breeding grounds

for revolutionaries.

- You're joking!

- I'm not.

You must admit,

it's getting a bit much...

WHAT is?

When I went to the university,

I went there to learn...

Not to take over the place!

I don't want to sound offensive,

but you sound like a Young Liberal!

Jody is a self-confessed right-winger.

Really?...

How interesting!

I never met anyone who voted Liberal,

in my life!

Can't think how they keep winning.

They'll win this one, too!

Thanks, Don!

She needs a good, long, hard...

...talking to!

What do you do, Simon?

Oh, well, I work...

Simon's an accountant.

Well, actually,

I'm an INDUSTRIAL accountant.

Interesting?

Oh, yeah... it's not bad...

It DOES get a little humdrum at times.

Well, I suppose most jobs do,

don't they?

If there was a tiger between the sheets,

for instance...

What does your firm make, Simon?

Plastic pressings.

Well, have you ever noticed

a truck going round a corner...

You know how they make

their road signals

using a yellow plastic hand

on the end of a long lever...

Well, we make those yellow plastic hands.

What does YOUR husband do, Jenny?

He's a professional bullshit artist.

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David Williamson

David Keith Williamson, AO (born 24 February 1942) is one of Australia's best-known dramatists and playwrights. He has also written screenplays and teleplays. more…

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