Screen cap from promotional trailer
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Screen cap from promotional trailer

 

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form y Snowtown single work   film/TV   crime   horror  
Alternative title: The Snowtown Murders
Note: Based on The Snowtown Murders by Andrew McGarry and Killing for Pleasure by Debi Marshall.
Issue Details: First known date: 2010 2010 http://www.if.com.au/2010/03/03/article/Warp-to-produce-Snowtown-film/MGASWKRLRC.html (JR 30/3/10) Also SMH 01/12/2010 TW w/e Australian 26-27/2/11 p 9 Alt title Australian 14/3/12p17 Expanded and completed, CM2, 19/7/2012
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Abstract

Sixteen-year-old Jamie feels isolated by the poverty of his surroundings, his lack of a father figure, and his mother's preoccupation with his younger, more demanding brothers. So when he falls in with the charismatic and much older John, he is slowly drawn into John's world of homophobia, violence, and murder.

Notes

  • The trailer for this film is available to view via YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvu_tBQgZyI (Sighted: 19/7/2012)

Publication Details of Earliest Known Version

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Works about this Work

Variety Reigns on Film's Big Night Michael Bodey , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 31 January 2012;
Outback Saga Top Dog at Film Awards 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 1 February 2012;
Kelpie Fetches the Top Prize at New Film and TV Awards Garry Maddox , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1 February 2012;
Stars Align for New Academy Garry Maddox , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2 February 2012;
Night of Nights and the Odd Bite Matt Buchanan , Scott Ellis , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2 February 2012;
Blurred Boundaries Sylvia Lawson , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Inside Story 2008-;
— Review of Australian Documentary : History, Practices and Genres Tricia FitzSimons Patrick Laughren Dugald Williamson 2011 multi chapter work criticism ; Snowtown Shaun Grant 2010 single work film/TV ;
Untitled Tim Kroenert , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 21 December vol. 21 no. 24 2011;
— Review of Snowtown Shaun Grant 2010 single work film/TV ;
Untitled David Knight , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , May no. 375 2011;
— Review of Snowtown Shaun Grant 2010 single work film/TV ;
Broken Communities Helen Garner , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Monthly , May no. 67 2011;
— Review of Snowtown Shaun Grant 2010 single work film/TV ; Mad Bastards Brendan Fletcher 2010 single work film/TV ;
DVD Reviews : Drama Mark Sawyer , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24-25 September 2011;
— Review of Snowtown Shaun Grant 2010 single work film/TV ;
Learning Lessons from Snowtown Chris Munro , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: Tracker , July no. 4 2011;
Reel Time Michael Bodey , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 14 March 2012;
Night of Nights and the Odd Bite Matt Buchanan , Scott Ellis , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2 February 2012;
Stars Align for New Academy Garry Maddox , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 2 February 2012;
Kelpie Fetches the Top Prize at New Film and TV Awards Garry Maddox , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1 February 2012;
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Awards

2012 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Script Writing Award
2011 shortlisted Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Best Film Script
2011 winner AWGIE Awards — Film Award Adaptation
2011 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Film
2011 winner Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay
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Subjects:
  • Multiple murders
  • Small town life
Settings:
  • Snowtown