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Issue Details: First known date: 2006... 2006 Answered by Fire
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Film Details - Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier ; Terra Rossa Pictures ; Muse Entertainment Enterprises ; ABC Television ; Canadian Broadcasting Commission , 2006

Producers:

Justin Bodle, Mikael Borglund, Scott Meek, Michael Prupas, Barbara Samuels, and Roger Simpson (executive producers).
Roger Le Mesurier and Andrew Walker (producers).

Production Companies:

Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier.
Terra Rossa Pictures.
Muse Entertainment Enterprises.

Finance Organisations:

Film Finance Corporation Australia.
Pacific Film & Television Commission.
Australian Broadcasting Commission.
Canadian Broadcasting Commission.

Director of Photography:

Mark Wareham.

Editors:

Dominique Fortin and Geoffrey Lamb.

Production Designers:

Nicholas McCallum.

Music:

Michel Corriveau.

Cast:

Including David Wenham (Mark Waldman), Tara Morice (Helen Waldman), Isabelle Blais (Julie Fortin), Alex Tilman (Ismenio Soares), Fatima Almelda (Madalena Soares), Damien Garvey (Ron Nestovic), and Ron White (Bill).

Release Dates:

Broadcast on ABC Television in two parts on 21 and 28 May 2006.

Location:

  • Set in East Timor; filmed in East Timor and Queensland.

Awards:

  • AFI Award, Best Direction in Television (won), 2006.
  • AFI Award, Best Lead Actor in Television Drama (won), 2006.
  • Gemini Award, Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series (won), 2007.
  • Gemini Award, Best Dramatic Mini-Series (nominated), 2007.
  • Gemini Award, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series (nominated), 2007.
  • Gemini Award, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series (nominated), 2007.
  • Gemini Award, Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series (nominated), 2007.
  • Gemini Award, Best Original Music Score for a Program or Mini-Series (nominated), 2007.
  • Logie Award, Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding New Talent (nominated), 2007.
  • Logie Award, Most Outstanding Actor (nominated), 2007.
Subjects:
  • c
    Timor-Leste,
    c
    Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
  • 1999
Settings:
  • c
    Timor-Leste,
    c
    Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
  • 1999
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