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Adaptation of
Deadly, Unna?
1998
single work
novel
Issue Details:
First known date:
2002...
2002
Australian Rules
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Film Details - Tidy Town Pictures , 2002
Producers:
Mark Lazarus (Producer)
Antonio Zeccola (Executive Producer)
Bridget Ikin (Executive Producer)
Production Companies:
Tidy Town Pictures
Finance Organisations:
Australian Film Finance Corporation
Adelaide Festival of the Arts
South Australian Film Corporation
Showtime Australia
SBS Independent
Director of Photography:
Mandy Walker
Editors:
Stephen Evans
Production Designers:
Steven Jones-Evans
Composer:
Mick Harvey (original music)
Cast:
Nathan Phillips (Gary 'Blacky' Black), Luke Carroll (Dumby Red), Lisa Flanagan (Clarence), Tom Budge (Pickles), Simon Westaway (Bob Black), Celia Ireland (Liz Black), Kevin Harrington (Arks), Martin Vaughan (Darcy), Tony Briggs (Pretty), Brian Torry (Glenn Bright), Max Fairchild (Big Mac), Eileen Darley (Shirl), Paul Simpson (Bar Regular), Denis Noble (Bar Regular), Kelton Pell (Tommy Red), Jonathan Tabaka (Dazza), Reece Horner (Mark Arks), James Alberts (Carol Cockatoo), Michael Habib (Tom McGuane), Catherine Hughes (Sharon), Hannah-Claire Koblar (Jenny), Harrison Gilbertson (Greggy), Franchesca Cubillo (Dumby's Mother), Paul Eadon (Thumper), Adam Morgan (Field Umpire), Matthew Cooper Gabby Gwynne, Zachary Hender-Hill, Nick Readman, Beejan Olfat, Natasha Wanganeen.
Release Dates:
1. First screened in Australia at the 2002 Melbourne International Film Festival and at the 2002 Adelaide Festival of Arts. Released commercially in Australia on 29 August 2002. The film also screened at the 2002 Edinburgh Film Festival (Scotland), 2002 Athens Film Festival (Greece), 2003 Toronto ReelHeART Festival (Canada), 2003 Cannes Junior (France), 2003 Verona Film Festival (Italy), Taipei International Film Festival (Taiwan), 2003 Commonwealth Film Festival (UK), and the 2004 Australian Film Festival (Philippines). Other commercial release dates include: Denmark (23 May 2003).
2. Released on videocassette format by Australian Children's Television Foundation (ca. 2002). Alos released on DVd format in 2003 by Twentieth Century Fox.
Location:
- Filmed on location in South Australia, including: Adelaide, Dublin, Port Wakefield, Exeter, Grange, Middle Beach, Port District Football Club (Largs Bay) and Thompson's Beach.
Awards:
- ARIA Music Awards, Australia (2003) Best Original Soundtrack Album - Mick Harvey (winner)
- Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (2002) Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Luke Carroll (nomination)
- Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (2002) Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Celia Ireland (nomination)
- Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (2002) Best Film - ark Lazarus (nomination)
- Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (2002) Best Original Music Score - Mick Harvey (nomination)
- Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (2002) Best Sound - Phil Judd, Julius Chan, Liam Egan and Jenny T. Ward (nomination)
- Australian Screen Sound Guild Award (2002) Best Achievement in Sound for a Feature Film, Location Sound Recording - Ross Boyer, David Pearson and Christopher Evers (winner)
- Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards (2002) Best Supporting Actor, Female - Celia Ireland (winner)
- Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards (2002) Best Supporting Actor, Male - Simon Westaway (winner)
- Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards (2002) Best Actor, Male - Nathan Phillips (nomination)
- Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards (2002) Best Cinematography - Mandy Walker (nomination)
- Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards (2002) Best Film (nomination)
- Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards (2002) Best Supporting Actor, Female - Lisa Flanagan (nomination)
- Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards (2002) Best Supporting Actor, Male - Luke Carroll (nomination)
- Humanitas Prize, USA (2002) Humanitas Prize, Sundance Film Category - Phillip Gwynne and Paul Goldman (nominated)
- Inside Film (IF) Awards, USA (2002) Best Actor - Nathan Phillips (nomination)
- Inside Film (IF) Awards, USA (2002) Best Feature Film - Mark Lazarus (nomination)
- Inside Film (IF) Awards, USA (2002) Best Production Design - Steven Jones-Evans (nomination)
- Verona Love Screens Film Festival, Italy (2003) Audience Award - Paul Goldman (winner)
- Verona Love Screens Film Festival, Italy (2003) Youth Jury Award, Special Mention - Paul Goldman (winner)
- Verona Love Screens Film Festival, Italy (2003) Best Film - Paul Goldman (nomination)
Notes:
1. Also known as: Afstralezikoi Kanones (Greece) and Anthropinoi Kanones (Greece - DVD title)
2. Australian Rules created a great deal of controversy when it was released, with a number of indigenous critics and spokespersons attacking the filmmakers for not having consulted the Aboriginal communities concerned. Paul Goldman (director) and Mark Lazarus (producer) were also criticised for telling a story (even though fictional) that they had no right to tell. Other critics and commentators, including some Aboriginal writers and artists disagreed, however, suggesting that such arguments amounted to censorship. See Paul Byrnes' 'Curator's Notes' (Australian Screen) for further details.
