# Shimmering Light

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{{Infobox television
| image	         =	
| caption        = 
| director       = [Don Chaffey](/source/Don_Chaffey)
| producer       = Frank Arnold
| writer         = [George Kirgo](/source/George_Kirgo)<br>Paul Savage
| based_on       = 
| starring       = [Beau Bridges](/source/Beau_Bridges)<br>[Lloyd Bridges](/source/Lloyd_Bridges)<br>[Victoria Shaw](/source/Victoria_Shaw_(actress))<br>[Ingrid Mason](/source/Ingrid_Mason_(actor))<br>[Wendy Playfair](/source/Wendy_Playfair)<br>[Mark Hembrow](/source/Mark_Hembrow)<br>[Patrick Ward](/source/Patrick_Ward_(actor))<br>[John Meillon](/source/John_Meillon)
| music          = Fever (songs) & Frank Cook (Composer)
| cinematography = Julian Penney
| editor         = Don Saunders
| network        = [ABC](/source/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation)
| company        = [Transatlantic Enterprises](/source/Transatlantic_Enterprises)
| released       = {{Start date|1978|12|12|df=y}}
| runtime        = 90 mins
| country        = Australia
| language       = English
| budget         = $5 Million (Australia) $3.5 Million (USA) £2.5 Million (UK)
}}
'''''Shimmering Light''''' is a 1978 Australian television film about an American surfer who travels to Australia in search of the perfect wave. It was one of six TV movies made in Australia by [Transatlantic Enterprises](/source/Transatlantic_Enterprises).<ref name="scott">Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p140</ref> It was directed by [Don Chaffey](/source/Don_Chaffey).

==Plot==
Kevin Pearse is a 29-year-old drop-out who lives off his family trust and spends most of his time surfing. He is seeing two women, young Emily and older Moira. His father Scan arrives.

==Cast==
*[Beau Bridges](/source/Beau_Bridges) as Kevin Pearse
*[Lloyd Bridges](/source/Lloyd_Bridges) as Sean Pearse
*[Ingrid Mason](/source/Ingrid_Mason) as Emily Stuart
*[Victoria Shaw](/source/Victoria_Shaw_(actress)) as Moira
* [Mark Hembrow](/source/Mark_Hembrow) as Peter
* [Wendy Playfair](/source/Wendy_Playfair) as Gwen Stuart
* [John Meillon](/source/John_Meillon) as Eric Stuart 
* [Patrick Ward](/source/Patrick_Ward_(actor)) as Bruce McBride
* [Mark Edwards](/source/Mark_Edwards_(actor))
* [Tim Simpson (actor)](/source/Tim_Simpson_(actor)) as Bryan

==Release==
This telefilm was originally aired by [ABC](/source/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation) on 12 December 1978. It released in theatres at Germany on 17 May 1979 and later aired by [BBC One](/source/BBC_One) and [HBO](/source/HBO) on 13 February 1980. This telefilm was also aired by [BBC Two](/source/BBC_Two) and [Cinemax](/source/Cinemax) from 18 June 1981 to 1 July 1981. It reran on [The Movie Channel](/source/The_Movie_Channel) from 9 November 1981 to 23 April 1983. In Portugal, [RTP1](/source/RTP1) and [RTP2](/source/RTP2) aired the telefilm in May 1983. In Spain, [TVE1](/source/TVE1) and [TVE2](/source/TVE2) aired the telefilm in May 1983. In Netherlands, [NPO 1](/source/NPO_1) aired the telefilm in October 1982. In Italy, [RAI](/source/RAI) aired the telefilm in October 1983.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

On 23 September 1985, Academy Home Entertainment released the film as Mutual Respect on VHS. On 15 March 1988, Video Treasures also released the film on VHS.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

==Reception==
The ''Sydney Morning Herald'' wrote "The end product is really half-hearted. The idea was good, the acting similar. But, in the end, the Bridges family and their fellow actors were betrayed by a really ordinary script."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |date=11 December 1978|page=14|title=The light that almost failed}}</ref> Another reviewer in the same paper called it "a first rate telemovie."<ref>{{cite news|first=Don|last=Groves|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |date= 10 December 1978|title=Shedding bright Light after a Puzzle|page=87 }}</ref> The Age's Mark Lawrence wrote "With its occasional tense moments, all round competent acting performances and good photography Shimmerling (sic) Light offers worthwile entertainment."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age |last= Lawrence |first= Mark |date=7 December 1978|page=14|title=The tide of life snares surfing son}}</ref> Also in the Age Brian Courtis said "It's a lightweight film with a credible script and several excellent acting performances".<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age |last= Courtis |first= Brian |date=12 December 1978|page=2|title=Harboring a US connection}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{IMDb title|0078255|Shimmering Light}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190604143102/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b76ad35c9 ''Shimmering Light''] at the [British Film Institute](/source/British_Film_Institute){{better source needed|reason=Help request: a live link can be searched for at https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/search/expert - if available, replace the archive URL with the live link. Or if none found, remove this 'better source needed' template. | date=October 2023}}
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Category:Australian television films
Category:Films directed by Don Chaffey

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