sentences:  Franklin had been impressed by the segment "The Family Man" in the film "Libido" (1973) and wanted that film's stars, Max Gillies and Jack Thompson, to play the leads.Gillies accepted but Thompson wasn't not available so Serge Lazareff was cast instead.The film was shot in mid 1974 in rural Victoria, including Sovereign Hill and in an improvised studio in the Exhibition Building, Melbourne.