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Adaptation of
The Irishman : A Novel of Northern Australia
1960
single work
novel
Issue Details:
First known date:
1978...
1978
The Irishman
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Film Details - Forest Home Films , 1978
Producers:
Anthony Buckley
Production Companies:
Forest Films
Finance Organisations:
South Australian Film Corporation
Director of Photography:
Peter James
Editors:
Tim Wellburn
Production Designers:
Owen Williams
Composer:
Charles Marawood
Cast:
Incl. Michael Craig (Paddy Doolan), Robyn Nevin (Jenny Doolan), Simon Burke (Michael Doolan), Gerard Kennedy (Chad Ingram), Lou Brown (Will Doolan), Tony Barry (Rob Dalgliesh), Bryan Brown (Eric Haywood), Tui Bow (Grandma Doolan), Andrew McGuire (Grandpa Doolan), Marcella Burgoyne (Mrs Dalgleish), Vincent Ball (Bailey Clark), Roberta Grant (Mrs Bailey Clark), Roger Ward (Kevin Quilty), John Clayton (Sam Brookes), Tim Robertson (Bill Bryant), John Bluthal (Dave), Tina McMahon (Bo-Bo), Babette Stephens (Hotel Missus), John Cobley, George Donaldson, James Gill, Maurice Hughes, Jim O'Connor, Terry Redell, Bill Reynolds, Betty Ross, Bob Sweeney.
Release Dates:
1. First screened in the USA on 28 February 1978. Released in Australia on 17 March 1978. Also screened at the following: 1978 Oxford Film Festival (England); 1978 Cannes Film Festival (France); 1978 Cork International Film Festival (Ireland); 1978 Karlovy Vary Film Festival (Czechoslovakia); London Film Festival (England); 1979 Berlin International Film Festival (Germany); and the 1980 Bangalore Filmostav (India).
2. Released on videocassette format in 1978 by Forest Home Films. Releleased on DVD format in 2001 by Roadshow Entertainment
Location:
- Filmed on location in Queensland, including Bluff Downs, Charters Towers, Mingela and Ravenswood.
