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Film Details - Palm Beach Pictures , 1978
Producers:
David Elfick (Producer)
Richard Brennan (Associate Producer)
Production Companies:
Palm Beach Pictures
Village Roadshow Pictures
Finance Organisations:
Australian Film Commission
N.S.W. Film Corporation
Director of Photography:
Vincent Monton
Editors:
John Scott
Production Designers:
Lissa Coote
Composer:
William Motzing
Cast:
Incl. Bill Hunter (Len Maguire), Wendy Hughes (Amy Mackenzie), Gerard Kennedy (Frank Maguire), Chris Haywood (Chris Hewitt), John Ewart (Charlie), Don Crosby (A.G. Marwood), Angela Punch McGregor (Fay - as Angela Punch), John Clayton (Cliff), John Dease (Ken), Bryan Brown (Geoff), Lorna Lesley (Ellie), Mark Holden (Len's new assistant), Drew Forsythe (Bruce), Tony Barry (Greasy), Alexander Archdale (Sir Charles), Bill Lyle (Macka), Paul Jones (Charlie's assistant), Bruce Spence (Redex trial driver), Les Foxcroft (Redex trial driver), Robyn Moase (Dinah), John Flaus (Father Coughlan), Chad Morgan (Redex singer), Don Philps (Maitland Mayor), Peter Carroll (Newsco scriptwriter), Rob Steele (Andy), Brian Blain (Fred), Gerry Duggan (Len's father), Joan Winchester (Len's mother), Ken Bernard (Nightclub singer), Allan Penney (Maitland chemist), Slim DeGrey (Fay's father), Kay Eklund (Fay's mother), Kit Taylor (Fay's brother), Ray Marshall (Redex Mayor), Graeme Smith (TV cameraman), Steve Bisley (The Iceman), Brian Anderson (Barman), Bunny Brooke (Macka's wife), Anne Haddy (A.G's wife), Sue Walker (Cliff's wife), Jude Kuring (Geoff's wife), Ray Meagher (Len's second brother).
Release Dates:
1. 29 July 1978 (Australia). Screened at the 1978 New York Film Festival (1978) and 2007 ERA New Horizons Film Festival (Poland). Released commercially in the USA (30 May 1979 - New York City) and France (15 June 1983).
2. Released on videocassette format by Palm Beach Pictures in 1978 and on DVD format in 2004.
Location:
- Filmed largely on location in and around Sydney. The Maitland flood scenes were filmed at Narabeen Lakes on Sydney's Northern Beaches.
Awards:
- Australian Film Institute Awards (1978), Best Actor in a Lead Role - Bill Hunter (winner)
- Australian Film Institute Awards (1978), Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Angela Punch McGregor (winner)
- Australian Film Institute Awards (1978), Best Director - Phillip Noyce (winner)
- Australian Film Institute Awards (1978), Best Film (winner)
- Australian Film Institute Awards (1978), Best Achievement in Costume Design - Norma Moriceau (winner)
- Australian Film Institute Awards (1978), Best Achievement in Sound - Tim Lloyd, Greg Bell, and Peter Fenton (nomination)
- Australian Film Institute Awards (1978), Best Achievement in Cinematography - Vincent Monton (nomination)
- Australian Film Institute Awards (1978), Best Actress in a Lead Role - Wendy Hughes (nomination)
- Australian Film Institute Awards (1978), Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Chris Haywood (nomination)
- Australian Film Institute Awards (1978), Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Don Crosby (nomination)
