The Boy Who Had Everything (1985)

The Boy Who Had Everything is a 1984 Australian film written and directed by Stephen Wallace. Its video title was Winner Takes All. It won the award for best screenplay at the Australian Film Institute. Jason Connery and Diane Cilento, who play mother and son in the film, are real-life mother and son. The film was also entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival.



^ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p356-357

^ Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p19

^ "Awards for The Boy Who Had Everything". imdb.com.

^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "The Boy Who Had Everything > Overview". AllMovie. Retrieved 4 August 2010.

^ "14th Moscow International Film Festival (1985)". MIFF. Retrieved 2013-02-10.

Synopsis

Johnny Kirkland (Connery) is a university student having problems with his alcoholic and emotionally damaged mother (Cilento), who was recently divorced. At school, his fraternity brothers find out that Johnny excelled in his high school academically and in sports, and try to prevent him from achieving the same level of success. Johnny also has problems with his girlfriend Robin (Williams).

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