Blundell to attend Alvin Purple screening

The Bouddi Society will host a Classic Film Evening with Killcare resident, actor, author and director Mr Graeme Blundell at Wagstaffe Hall on Saturday, November 15.

President Mr Phil Donnelly said Graeme would introduce the 1970s movie classic that made his name synonymous with the title Alvin Purple.

Mr Donnelly said the evening would also be a wonderful opportunity to hear Graeme talk about his new autobiography The Naked Truth: A Life in Parts.

"Graeme Blundell, who was a founder of Melbourne's theatre groups La Mama and Playbox, has directed over 100 plays, appeared in about the same number, appeared in more than 40 films and hundreds of hours of television," Mr Donnelly said.

"He became prominent as an accomplished writer with his bestselling biography King: The Life and Comedy of Graham Kennedy.

"He co-authored a biography of artist Brett Whitely An Unauthorised Life and edited and compiled Australian Theatre: Backstage with Graeme Blundell.

Mr Donnelly said Graeme and his wife Susan Kurosawa, also an acclaimed writer, are enthusiastic and active contributors to the community.

"Their arrival and settlement on the Bouddi Peninsula is well documented in Susan's highly successful book Coasting: A Year by the Bay."

The evening will commence at 7pm.

The cost of the film night is $15 for non-members, $12 for members.

The entry price includes refreshments.

"The hit movie Alvin Purple was a groundbreaking sex-comedy directed and produced by Tim Burstall," Mr Donnelly said.

"Graeme Blundell plays Alvin, the naive young man who finds himself the object of every woman's desires.

"The film, released in 1973, was acclaimed as the best Australian movie of the 70s."

Newsletter, 21 Oct 2008 Phil Donnelly, The Bouddi Society