The Best Man
120 mins
After painter Michael 'Mike' Sheldrake's failed suicide attempt, house-mate and life-long best friend Peter Tremaine, an antiques shop owner, reminisces their common past, like Mike does in therapy. It started at the beach, when scrubby, scared Mikey became the dependent protégé of forceful Pete, both doted by Pete's dad, a wealthy lawyer. Afterwards Mike moves out to marry Kate. Pete accepts to be best man, but overdoes that, 'arranging' to get stuck in the honeymoon hotel he paid for. Drama from their boarding school childhood intertwines with tragedy for the mates, Kate and vindictive former police detective Miller.
Jack Baverstock
Bruce Miller
Joseph Friend
Michael - as a boy
Russell Lewis
Writer
David Higgs
Director of Photography
Mike Gunn
Production Design
Sarah Bird
Casting
Rob Pursey
Executive Producer
John Lindlar
Costume Design
Stephen Campbell
Art Direction
Jamie Trevill
Editor
Hugh Warren
Producer
Tim Fraser
Sound Mixer
Christine Walmesley-Cotham
Makeup Artist
Christian Bass
Dialogue Editor
Deanne Turner
Makeup Artist