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Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 Eucalyptus
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  • Fox Searchlight Pictures commissioned Michelle Joyner to adapt Murray Bail's novel Eucalyptus for the film and to write the screenplay, with Jocelyn Moorhouse contributing to the script and directing the film. Production of the film, due to begin in February 2005, was postponed due to unresolved script problems.

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First known date: 2004
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y separately published work icon Eucalyptus : A Novel Murray Bail , Melbourne : Text Publishing , 1998 Z279634 1998 single work novel (taught in 8 units)

Holland lived with his only daughter, Ellen, by a khaki river four hours west of Sydney. In spite of their remote location, tales of Ellen's beauty had traveled long distances and in the process inscribed a small legend. But Ellen's desirability was Holland's blindspot and finally he decided that the man who correctly named every eucalypt on his property would win the hand of his daughter. (Source: Trove)
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Tree Grows in Bellingen Lusetich Robert , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 19-20 February 2005; (p. 27) Lusetich interviews crew members and others involved with the aborted production of Eucalyptus in an attempt to discover the reason for the abandonment of filming. Most accounts point to a rift in relations between director and co-script writer Jocelyn Moorhouse and executive producer and actor Russell Crowe.
The Fall of a Film Tony Davis , Alexa Moses , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 19 February 2005; (p. 1) The Sydney Morning Herald , 19-20 February 2005; (p. 33) Davis and Moses talk with actors and crew and others involved with the aborted production of Eucalyptus in an attempt to discover the reason for the abandonment of filming. Most accounts point to a rift in relations between director and co-script writer Jocelyn Moorhouse and executive producer and actor Russell Crowe.
Heat Over Film Script Wilts Eucalyptus Lawrie Zion , Sophie Tedmanson , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12-13 February 2005; (p. 1, 8) A report on the indefinite postponement of the filming of Eucalyptus due to 'creative disagreements' over the final version of the script.
Blood on the Eucalyptus as Crowe Scuttles Film Tony Davis , Susan Wyndham , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12-13 February 2005; (p. 1, 13) A report on the postponement of the filming of Eucalyptus due to 'creative disagreements' over the final version of the script.
Strewth Nick Leys , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 18 October 2004; (p. 10)
We Might See a Crowe Among the Gum Trees Jonathon Moran , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 21 July 2004; (p. 3)
Strewth Nick Leys , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 18 October 2004; (p. 10)
Blood on the Eucalyptus as Crowe Scuttles Film Tony Davis , Susan Wyndham , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12-13 February 2005; (p. 1, 13) A report on the postponement of the filming of Eucalyptus due to 'creative disagreements' over the final version of the script.
Heat Over Film Script Wilts Eucalyptus Lawrie Zion , Sophie Tedmanson , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12-13 February 2005; (p. 1, 8) A report on the indefinite postponement of the filming of Eucalyptus due to 'creative disagreements' over the final version of the script.
The Fall of a Film Tony Davis , Alexa Moses , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Age , 19 February 2005; (p. 1) The Sydney Morning Herald , 19-20 February 2005; (p. 33) Davis and Moses talk with actors and crew and others involved with the aborted production of Eucalyptus in an attempt to discover the reason for the abandonment of filming. Most accounts point to a rift in relations between director and co-script writer Jocelyn Moorhouse and executive producer and actor Russell Crowe.
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