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'Deep in Western Australia where the Aboriginals used to milk the trees, a planet-sized plot is taking shape. Some green freaks pick up the scent: a pommie poseur; a brain-fried Vietnam vet; Aboriginals who have lost their land...not much against a conspiracy that controls society. But EcoAction isn't in society: it just lives in the same place, along with the cockroaches.' (Publication summary)
Adaptations
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form
y
Stark
( dir. Nadia Tass
)
Melbourne
London
Australia
:
Cascade Films
BBC TV
ABC Television
,
1993
Z1689919
1993
series - publisher
film/TV
science fiction
Australian billionaire Sly Morgan is invited to join the Stark Conspiracy, a group of the world's richest people, who plan to save themselves from the Earth's impending environmental doom. Colin Dobson, or CD to his friends, tries to impress beautiful activist Rachel by joining her and a group of hippies on a mission to foil Stark's evil plan of environmental vandalism.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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'The Earth Was Dying. Killed by the Pursuit of Money' - Rereading Ben Elton's Stark as Prophecy
2020
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Conversation , 5 November 2020; 'In a year that began during one of the worst bushfire seasons in living memory and then saw a global pandemic take hold, rereading Ben Elton's Stark offers an eerily prescient window into 2020 as the end of the world.' -
Ben Elton : The Man from Freo
2017
single work
column
— Appears in: FilmInk , 24 October 2017; -
Ben Elton
1994
single work
biography
— Appears in: Lunch of Blood 1994; (p. 100-105)
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Ben Elton
1994
single work
biography
— Appears in: Lunch of Blood 1994; (p. 100-105) -
Ben Elton : The Man from Freo
2017
single work
column
— Appears in: FilmInk , 24 October 2017; -
'The Earth Was Dying. Killed by the Pursuit of Money' - Rereading Ben Elton's Stark as Prophecy
2020
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Conversation , 5 November 2020; 'In a year that began during one of the worst bushfire seasons in living memory and then saw a global pandemic take hold, rereading Ben Elton's Stark offers an eerily prescient window into 2020 as the end of the world.'
Last amended 30 Apr 2020 10:55:43
Subjects:
- Western Australia,
- Australian Outback, Central Australia,
Settings:
- Western Australia,
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