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Screen cap from promotional trailer
Alternative title:
The Snowtown Murders
Adaptation of
Killing For Pleasure : The Definitive Story of the Snowtown Serial Murders
2006
single work
non-fiction
and
The Snowtown Murders : The Real Story Behind the Bodies-in-the-barrels Killings
2005
single work
non-fiction
Issue Details:
First known date:
2010...
2010
Snowtown
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Film Details - Warp Films Australia , 2010
Producers:
Anne McLeish and Janet Shaw.
Production Companies:
Warp Films.
Finance Organisations:
Screen Australia, the South Australian Film Corporation, and Film Victoria.
Director of Photography:
Adam Arkapaw.
Editors:
Veronika Jenet.
Production Designers:
Fiona Crombie.
Music:
Jed Kurzel.
Cast:
Including Lucas Pittaway (Jamie Vlassakis), Bob Adriaens (Gavin), Louise Harris (Elizabeth Harvey), Frank Cwiertniak (Jeffrey), Matthew Howard (Nicholas), Marcus Howard (Alex), Anthony Groves (Troy), Richard Green (Barry), Aaron Viergever (Robert), Beau Gosling (David), Brendan Rock (Marcus), Daniel Henshall (John Bunting), David Walker (Mark Haydon), Aasta Brown (Verna), Keiran Schwerdt (Thomas), Craig Coyne (Ray), Kathryn Wissell (Suzanne), Krystle Flaherty (Vikki), and Robert Deeble (Gary).
Release Dates:
19 May 2011 (Australia).
Location:
- Filmed on location in Adelaide's northern suburbs.
Awards:
- Best Direction (nomination), IF Awards, 2011.
- Audience Award, Adelaide Film Festival, 2011.
- Feature Film Score of the Year, APRA Music Award, 2011.
- Best Editing, AACTA Award, 2012.
- Best Sound, AACTA Award, 2012.
- Best Supporting Actress, AACTA Award, 2012.
- Critics Week - Special Mention, Cannes Film Festival, 2011.
- FIPRESCI Prize - Special Mention, Cannes Film Festival, 2011.
- Gold Hugo (After Dark Competition), Chicago International Film Festival, 2011.
- Best Actor, FCCA Award, 2011.
- Best Director, FCCA Award, 2011.
- Best Film, FCCA Award, 2011.
- Best Editing, IF Award, 2011.
- Best Actor, Marrakech International Film Festival, 2011.
- Special Jury Award, Marrakech International Film Festival, 2011.
- Best Actor, Valenciennes International Festival of Action and Adventure Films, 2011.
Settings:
- Snowtown, Blyth - Bute - Port Broughton area, Mid North South Australia, South Australia,
