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Film Details - Scala Productions ; Duo Art Productions , 2002
Producers:
Helen Leake and Nik Powell (producers).
Production Companies:
Scala Productions (UK).
Duo Art Productions (Australia).
Finance Organisations:
South Australian Film Corporation.
Australian Film Finance Corporation.
Director of Photography:
Geoffrey Simpson.
Editors:
Lee Smith.
Production Designers:
Murray Picknett.
Music:
Cezary Skubiszewski.
Cast:
Including Robert Carlyle (David O'Sullivan), Charles Dance (Roderic Chamberlain), Kerry Fox (Helen Devaney), David Ngoombujarra (Young Max Stuart), Max Stuart (Old Max Stuart), Colin Friels (Father Tom Dixon), Ben Mendelsohn (Rupert Murdoch), Bille Brown (Thomas Playford), John Gregg (Rohan Rivett), and Roy Billing (Det-Sgt Turner).
Release Dates:
General Australian release on 31 October 2002.
British premiere on 19 November 2002 (London Film Festival).
General British release on 9 January 2004.
Premiered in Australia 7 June 2002 (Sydney Film Festival).
Location:
- Filmed in South Australia.
Post Production:
Digital Pictures (post-production facilities).
South Australian Film Corporation (sound post-production).
Awards:
- AFI Award, Best Actor in a Supporting Role (won), 2003.
- AFI Award, Best Costume Design (nominated), 2003.
Settings:
- South Australia,
- 1958
