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The Sundowners
( dir. Fred Zinneman
)
1960
Burbank
:
Warner Brothers
,
1960
Z1497488
1960
single work
film/TV
Set in during the Great Depression of the late 1920s, Paddy Carmody and his wife Ida have been living on the road as drovers for sixteen years. Ida who is longing for the family, which includes their young son, to live a more comfortable existence has been secretly saving money so they might eventually settle down. Paddy on the other hand is happy with things as they are. After completing a long drive, which almost sees her husband killed in a bushfire, Ida persuades Paddy to take up a job as a shearer. She is engaged as the cook, and strikes up a close friendship with the wife of the station owner. When Paddy wins a racehorse in a two-up game it seems that Ida's dream of a home will finally happen, but then Paddy shatters it by losing all their money in another two-up game. Their son Sean comes to the rescue, however, by riding the racehorse to victory in a local derby. Ashamed at what he has nearly done to his wife, Paddy remorsefully offers to buy Ida her farm with the prize money. It is then that she realises that it is not yet the time, and they return once more to the open road.
[Source: Australian Screen]
Notes
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Dedication: To Joy
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Braille.
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Untitled
single work
review
— Review of The Sundowners 1952 single work novel -
Transpacific or Transatlantic Traffic? Australian Books and American Publishers
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Across the Pacific : Australia-United States Intellectual Histories 2010; (p. 339-359) 'This paper will attempt to describe the determining factors and structural patterns of relations between Australian books and American publishers from the 19th century to the present. Its central question will be: how did 'Australian books' find their way to American publishers? Can we discern any distinctive patterns over time or for particular genres, or simply an accumulation of one-off cases? To what extent, if at all, did the traffic in Australian books depend on cultural symmetries? Did Australian books travel as Australian or British books? In what ways were they dependent upon relations between Australian (or British) publishers or literary agents and their American counterparts? What role did international copyright regimes or trade agreements play? And how might the American connection change our understanding of 'Australian literature'?' (Author's abstract) -
Timely Reminders
2002-2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 247 2002-2003; (p. 62-63)
— Review of My Love Must Wait : The Story of Matthew Flinders 1941 single work novel ; The Giraffe's Uncle 1933 selected work short story ; The Sundowners 1952 single work novel ; The Treatment ; and, The Cure 1984 selected work novel -
It's No Crime to Profit by Good Writing
1989
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Saturday Mercury , 2 December 1989; (p. 22) -
`Off the Track'
1952
single work
review
— Appears in: The Austrovert , no. 8 1952; (p. 5)
— Review of The Sundowners 1952 single work novel
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Timely Reminders
2002-2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 247 2002-2003; (p. 62-63)
— Review of My Love Must Wait : The Story of Matthew Flinders 1941 single work novel ; The Giraffe's Uncle 1933 selected work short story ; The Sundowners 1952 single work novel ; The Treatment ; and, The Cure 1984 selected work novel -
Untitled
1952
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 13 June 1952; (p. 389)
— Review of The Sundowners 1952 single work novel -
`Off the Track'
1952
single work
review
— Appears in: The Austrovert , no. 8 1952; (p. 5)
— Review of The Sundowners 1952 single work novel -
Untitled
single work
review
— Review of The Sundowners 1952 single work novel -
Transpacific or Transatlantic Traffic? Australian Books and American Publishers
2010
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Across the Pacific : Australia-United States Intellectual Histories 2010; (p. 339-359) 'This paper will attempt to describe the determining factors and structural patterns of relations between Australian books and American publishers from the 19th century to the present. Its central question will be: how did 'Australian books' find their way to American publishers? Can we discern any distinctive patterns over time or for particular genres, or simply an accumulation of one-off cases? To what extent, if at all, did the traffic in Australian books depend on cultural symmetries? Did Australian books travel as Australian or British books? In what ways were they dependent upon relations between Australian (or British) publishers or literary agents and their American counterparts? What role did international copyright regimes or trade agreements play? And how might the American connection change our understanding of 'Australian literature'?' (Author's abstract) -
It's No Crime to Profit by Good Writing
1989
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Saturday Mercury , 2 December 1989; (p. 22)
- Australian Outback, Central Australia,
- 1920s