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Film Details - Boulevard Films ; Century Park Pictures , 1992
Producers:
Peter Boyle and Malcolm Olivestone (executive producers).
Frank Howson, Jacques Khouri, and William J. Vass (producers).
Production Companies:
Boulevard Films.
Century Park Pictures.
Director of Photography:
John Wheeler.
Editors:
Peter Carrodus and Peter McBain.
Production Designers:
Brian Dusting.
Music:
Billy Childs and Anthony Marinelli.
Cast:
Including Guy Pearce (Errol Flynn), Steven Berkoff (Klaus Reicher), Claudia Karvan (Penelope Watts), John Savage (Joe Stromberg), William Gluth (Professor Flynn), Nicola Paull (Marelle Flynn), Tim Hughes (James Dickson), Adrian Wright (Harold Watts), Jan Friedl (Deidre Watts), Andrew Stephard (Young Flynn), Doug Bowles (Charles Chauvel), and Sue Jones (Elsa Chauvel).
Release Dates:
Premiered internationally in May 1993 (Cannes Film Festival).
No current information on Australian release dates.
Location:
- Filmed in Australia (Queensland and Victoria) and Fiji.
Post Production:
De De's Editing Suite.
The Joinery.
Awards:
- AFI Award, Best Original Music Score (nominated), 1993.
Settings:
-
cPapua New Guinea,cPacific Region,
- Tasmania,
- ca. 1927-1933
