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Film Details - Australian Film and Television School , 1973
Producers:
Tom Manefield
Production Companies:
Australian Film and Television School
Director of Photography:
Phillip Noyce
Editors:
Phillip Noyce
David Stiven
Release Dates:
1. 1973
2. Released on videocassette format by the Australian Film and Television School (n. yr.).
Awards:
- Sydney Film Festival (1974) Rouben Mamoulian Award (winner)
Notes:
1. Additional camera work by Tom Cowan and Bill Constable.
2. Filmed on a budget of $3,000, Castor and Pollux is an early Australian example of the 'direct cinema' (or cinema verite) that had already become popular in Europe.