Experience Preferred... But Not Essential
Experience Preferred.... But Not Essential is a 1982 British TV film directed by Peter Duffell as part of the First Love series.[1] It is set in a Welsh hotel in 1962 where Annie, a student, arrives to spend the summer as a waitress.[2]
Production
Like the other First Love films, Experience preferred.... was shot "in about twenty days for well under £0.5m".[3]
Goldcrest Films invested £480,000 in it and received £728,000 earning them a profit of £248,000.[4]
The overall budget was £505,000.[5]
Cast
- Elizabeth Edmonds as Annie
- Sue Wallace as Mavis
- Geraldine Griffiths as Doreen
- Karen Meagher as Paula
- Maggie Wilkinson as Arlene
- Ron Bain as Mike
- Alun Lewis as Hywel
- Robert Blythe as Ivan
- Roy Heather as Wally
- Peter Doran as Dai
- Arwen Holm as Helen
- Sion Tudor Owen as Nin
- Robert Gwilym as Gareth
- Mostyn Evans as Now
- Paul Haley as Mr. Howard
- Margo Jenkins as Mrs. Howard
- Jerry Brooke as Gaiety M. C.[6]
Reception
Variety said “generally the picture looks a treat”.[2] Screen International said that UA Classics had great success with Experience Preferred.... But Not Essential in contrast to P'Tang Yang Kipperbang.[1] Gavin Millar said in Sight & Sound that it "had them queueing round the block in New York".[3]
References
- ^ a b "Goldcrest sets US First Loves deal". Screen International. No. 530. 11–18 January 1986. p. 1-2.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) - ^ a b Japa (24 November 1982). "Experience Preferred But Not Essential (British Color)". Variety. p. 14.
- ^ a b Millar, Gavin (Spring 1984). "Life before death on television". Sight & Sound. Vol. 5, no. 2. p. 121.
- ^ Eberts, Jake; Illott, Terry (1990). My indecision is final. Faber and Faber. p. 657.
- ^ "Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing" (PDF). British Film Institute. 2005. p. 22.
- ^ Experience Preferred... But Not Essential (1982) - IMDb, retrieved 2020-03-14
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