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Adaptation of
The Demonstrator
1970
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novel
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1971
Demonstrator
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Set in Canberra, Australia's capital city, Demonstrator concerns an Asian security conference organised by the government's Defence Minister, Joe Slater. Tension arises between Slater and his son Steven, who is leading a student protest against the conference. By the narrative's end, Steven has been beaten up, rejected by both his father and his girlfriend (Joe Slater's secretary), and seen what was to be a peaceful demonstration taken over by professional agitators.
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Demonstrator : Filmmaker Notes
2010
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— Appears in: Australian Perspectives Essays 2010; 'Demonstrator was a logical step for Freeman Fishburn Productions. We were experienced television and stage producers and directors, having driven the innovative and popular shows of the time - Mavis Brampston, Bandstand, Jacques Brel etc etc. I had moved into movies with the Goldsworthy features... it was time to direct an Australian feature. We were certainly ahead of the game... Demonstrator was 1971, the Australian Film Commission was not formed until 1973 and after that came Picnic and Mad Max and Caddie and ....funding. In hindsight, we should have waited! ' (Introduction)
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Demonstrator : Filmmaker Notes
2010
single work
single work
essay
— Appears in: Australian Perspectives Essays 2010; 'Demonstrator was a logical step for Freeman Fishburn Productions. We were experienced television and stage producers and directors, having driven the innovative and popular shows of the time - Mavis Brampston, Bandstand, Jacques Brel etc etc. I had moved into movies with the Goldsworthy features... it was time to direct an Australian feature. We were certainly ahead of the game... Demonstrator was 1971, the Australian Film Commission was not formed until 1973 and after that came Picnic and Mad Max and Caddie and ....funding. In hindsight, we should have waited! ' (Introduction)
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