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Film Details - 1985
Producers:
Patricia Edgar (executive producer).
Jane Scott (producer).
Production Companies:
Australian Children's Television Foundation.
Director of Photography:
John Seale.
Editors:
Karl Sodersten.
Production Designers:
Lawrence Eastwood.
Music:
Chris Neal.
Cast:
Including Basil Clarke (Brother Basil), Harold Hopkins (Jack Doyle), Rhys McConnochie (Headmaster), Garry McDonald (Freddie Brooks), Joss McWilliam (Brother Kennedy), Emil Minty (Gary), and Peter Whitford (Mr Donaldson).
Awards:
- Selected as an award finalist (with The Other Facts of Life) in the Children's Program category at the Banff Television Festival, Canada, 1986.
- ATOM (Australian Teachers of Media) Award: Narrative, 1986.
- First Prize for Live Action, Chicago International Festival of Children's Films, 1986.
- Best Children's Drama, Penguin Awards, 1986.
