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The Plumber

  • TV Movie
  • 19791979
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 16m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
2.4K
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Robert Coleby, Ivar Kants, and Judy Morris in The Plumber (1979)
HorrorThriller
A young couple, living in a campus apartment complex, are repeatedly harassed by an eccentric plumber, who subjects them to a series of bizarre mind games while making unnecessary repairs to... Read allA young couple, living in a campus apartment complex, are repeatedly harassed by an eccentric plumber, who subjects them to a series of bizarre mind games while making unnecessary repairs to their bathroom.A young couple, living in a campus apartment complex, are repeatedly harassed by an eccentric plumber, who subjects them to a series of bizarre mind games while making unnecessary repairs to their bathroom.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
2.4K
YOUR RATING
    • Peter Weir
    • Peter Weir
    • Harold Lander(story editor)
  • Stars
    • Judy Morris
    • Ivar Kants
    • Robert Coleby
    • Peter Weir
    • Peter Weir
    • Harold Lander(story editor)
  • Stars
    • Judy Morris
    • Ivar Kants
    • Robert Coleby
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    • 35User reviews
    • 29Critic reviews
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    Judy Morris in The Plumber (1979)
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    Ivar Kants and Judy Morris in The Plumber (1979)
    Ivar Kants and Judy Morris in The Plumber (1979)
    Ivar Kants and Judy Morris in The Plumber (1979)
    Ivar Kants in The Plumber (1979)
    Ivar Kants and Judy Morris in The Plumber (1979)
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    Judy Morris
    Judy Morris
    • Jill Cowper
    Ivar Kants
    Ivar Kants
    • Max
    Robert Coleby
    Robert Coleby
    • Brian Cowper
    Candy Raymond
    • Meg
    Henri Szeps
    • David Medavoy
    Yomi Abiodun
    • Dr. Matu
    Beverley Roberts
    • Dr. Japari
    Bruce Rosen
    • Dr. Don Felder
    Daphne Grey
    • Caretaker's Wife
    Meme Thorne
    Meme Thorne
    • Anna
    • (as Mémé Thorne)
    David Burchell
    • Professor Cato
    Paul Sonkkila
    Paul Sonkkila
    • Reg the Cleaner
    Pam Sanders
    • Ananas
    Rick Hart
    • Detective
    Giovanni Giglio
    • Italian Singer
      • Peter Weir
      • Peter Weir
      • Harold Lander(story editor)
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    • Trivia
      Peter Weir based the movie on two real-life incidents. The first involved two of Weir's friends, who suffered through a number of house-calls made by an incessantly talkative yet incompetent plumber. The second involved Weir himself riding in a cab in the late 1960s with a driver who appeared to be a hippie. When the pair began discussing the Vietnam war, the driver espoused numerous fascist and pro-war sentiments, concluding his diatribe by expressing a desire to see the entire nation of Vietnam destroyed with an atomic bomb.
    • Goofs
      In the last shot of the plumber playing his guitar, there is music but he isn't moving his hands.
    • Quotes

      Max: It's what you *can't* see that counts in plumbing. Always remember that.

    • Connections
      Featured in South Australian Film Corporation 20th Birthday Celebration (1993)
    • Soundtracks
      Sea of Tranquility
      (uncredited)

      Music by Edgar Vetter and W. Merrick Farran

      KPM Music Ltd

    User reviews35

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    8/10
    Peter Weir Takes a Leak
    In Australia, anthropologist housewife and thesis writer Judy Morris (as Jill) is startled when grungy plumber Ivar Kants (as Max) arrives unannounced, for a routine check into her bathroom's plumbing. Singing as he helps himself in her shower, Mr. Kants tells Ms. Morris her pipes are bad, and need replacing. "The Plumber" becomes a menacing presence in Morris' apartment, but neither husband Robert Coleby (as Brian Cowper) nor best friend Candy Raymond (as Meg) sees any danger. They think Morris is overreacting. Is Kants a convicted rapist, or a budding Bob Dylan singing "It's Me, Babe"? Written and directed by Peter Weir as a cheap TV movie, "The Plumber" is a hilarious take-off on horror, class and culture.

    ******** The Plumber (6/8/79) Peter Weir ~ Ivar Kants, Judy Morris, Robert Coleby, Candy Raymond
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    • Release date
      • November 1981 (United States)
      • Australia
      • South Australian Film Corporation
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • South Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    • Production companies
      • Nine Network Australia
      • TCN
      • The Australian Film Commission
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    • 1 hour 16 minutes
      • Color
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