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Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 The Road from Coorain
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Film Details - Chapman Pictures ; Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2001

Producers:

Penny Chapman (producer).
Tim Pye and Rebecca Easton (executive producers).

Production Companies:

Chapman Pictures.

Director of Photography:

Tristan Milani.

Editors:

Suresh Ayyar.

Production Designers:

Josephine [Jo] Ford.

Music:

Stephen Rae.

Cast:

Juliet Stevenson (Eve), Richard Roxburgh (Bill), Katherine Slattery (Jill), Tim Guinee (Alec), John Howard (Angus), Alex Tomasetti (Jill: age 11), Alexandra Galwey (Jill: age 5), Bernard Curry (Bob: adult), Sam Dunn (Bob: age 16), Andrew Keating (Bob: age 11), Sean Hall (Barry: adult), Mitchell Firth (Barry: age 14), Sebastian Lamour (Barry age 9), Raymond 'Jack' Crawford (Jack Kelly), Dempsey Knight (Ron Kelly), Harold Hopkins (Rob McLennan), Felix Williamson (Milton), Jenny Vuletic (Marjorie Jacobs), Bill Young (John Brooks), Kathryn Perry (Miss Everett), Chris [Scott] Pattinson (Policeman), Christopher Baker (Danny), Ewen Leslie (Reg), Tim Page (Bureaucrat), Dan Forrester (Gardener), and Stewart Armstrong (Geoff Coglan).

Release Dates:

Screened on ABC TV on 3rd March 2002 at 8pm.

Post Production:

Frame, Set & Match.
PhilmSound.

Awards:

  • Australian Screen Sound Guild, Best Achievement in Sound for a Drama (Telemovie/Miniseries) (won), 2001.
  • AFI Award, Open Craft Award (Music: Television Drama), (nominated), 2002.
  • AFI Award, Open Craft Award (Cinematography: Television Drama), (nominated), 2002.
  • AFI Award, Open Craft Award (Production Design: Television Drama), (won), 2002.
  • AFI Award, Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama (won), 2002.
  • AFI Award, Best Direction in a Television Drama (won), 2002.
  • Australian Cinematographers Society, Award of Distinction (Telefeatures, TV Drama & Mini Series) (won), 2002.

Notes:

Script editor: John Alsop.

Subjects:
  • Australian Outback, Central Australia,
Settings:
  • New South Wales,
  • Sydney, New South Wales,
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