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Film Details - Porchlight Films , 2020
Producers:
Vincent Sheehan, Tanya Phegan
Production Companies:
Porchlight Films
Finance Organisations:
Screen Australia, Screen NSW
Director of Photography:
Martin McGrath
Editors:
Mark Perry
Production Designers:
Colin Gibson
Music:
Antony Partos
Cast:
Including Ewen Leslie (Major Leo Carmichael), Jessica De Gouw (Eva Lloyd-George), James Cromwell (Commanding Officer), and Benedict Wall (Jones).
Other cast members include Adrienne Pickering, Tony Martin, Ryan Johnson, Sibylla Budd, Frances Djulibing, Shantae Barnes-Cowan, and Shaka Cook.
Release Dates:
Screening on ABC TV from 31 May 2020.
Location:
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Sydney, New South Wales, Flinders Ranges, South Australia.
Awards:
- AACTA Awards, Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama (nominated), 2020.
- AACTA Award, Best Cinematography in Television (nomination) (2020).
- AACTA Award, Best Editing in Television (nomination) (2020).
- AACTA Award, Best Original Score in Television (nomination) (2020).
- AACTA Award, Best Sound in Television (nomination) (2020).
- AACTA Award, Best Production Design in Television (nomination) (2020).
- AACTA Award, Best Costume Design in Television (nomination) (2020).
- AACTA Award, Best Hair and Makeup (nomination) (2020).
Subjects:
- Maralinga, North West South Australia, Far North South Australia, South Australia,
Settings:
- Maralinga, North West South Australia, Far North South Australia, South Australia,
- 1950s