The Devil's Playground

Director: Fred Schepisi

Overview

While attending a Roman Catholic boarding school, a group of boys undergo the usual sexual frustrations resulting from the onset of puberty. Their struggles are even more daunting because they must take into account the rigid philosophies of their teachers.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/25/2008
UPC:	0858334001381
Original Release:	1976
Rating:	NR
Source:	Industrial Ent
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[stereo, Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:47:00
Sales rank:	33,045

Special Features

Commentary by Fred Schepisi; Fred Schepisi on film making; Retrospective on the making of the Devil's Playground

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Arthur Dignam	Brother Francine
Nick Tate	Brother Victor
Charles McCallum	Brother Sebastian
John Frawley	Brother Celian
Jonathan Hardy	Brother Arnold
Gerry Duggan	Father Hanrahan
Peter Cox	Brother James
John Diedrich	Fitz
Thomas Keneally	Father Marshall
Sheila Florance	Mrs. Sullivan
Gerda Nicholson	Mrs. Allen
John Proper	Mr. Allen
Anne Phelan	Girls in Pub
Jillian Archer	Girls in Pub
Charles Frawley	Actor
Michael Carman	Nigel Ryan
Warren Coleman	Westaway
Michael David	Turner
Bill Kelly	Farmer
Richard Morgan	Smith
Gerda Nicolson	Mrs. Allen
Simon Burke	Actor
Bruce Smeaton	Composer

Technical Credits

Fred Schepisi

Fred Schepisi

Producer,Screenwriter

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- The Devil's Playground
2. The Playground [3:11]
3. Chosen Few [3:46]
4. Bed Wetting [5:37]
5. Changes [9:11]
6. Purification [3:29]
7. The Rules [7:26]
8. Day Trip [4:16]
9. Temptation [9:05]
10. Daily Routine [:44]
11. Opposite Sex [3:42]
12. The Retreat [10:10]
13. Corruption [14:54]
14. Last Letter [4:36]
15. Secrets Exposed [4:33]
16. The Body [6:03]
17. Escape [5:06]

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