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Screen cap from promotional trailer
Adaptation of
A Thousand Skies : The Epic Adventures of Charles Kingsford Smith
1985
single work
novel
Issue Details:
First known date:
1985...
1985
A Thousand Skies
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Film Details - Seven Network ; Thousand Skies Company , 1985
Producers:
Ross Dimsey and Robert Ginn
Production Companies:
A Thousand Skies Company and the Seven Network
Finance Organisations:
Moran notes that the production was 'aided by the 10BA tax write-off scheme.'
Director of Photography:
David Eggby
Editors:
Tony Paterson and Pippa Anderson
Production Designers:
Tel Stolfo
Music:
Bruce Smeaton
Cast:
Including John Walton (Charles Kingsford Smith), Andrew Clarke (Charlie Ulm), Joss McWilliam (Keith Anderson), Jane Menelaus (Thelma McKenna), Geoff Parry (Bob Hitchcock), Celine Griffin (Mary Powell Kingsford Smith), Helen Jones (Bon Hilliard).
Release Dates:
According to Moran, 9 October 1985
Notes:
Moran notes that 'A Thousand Skies cost $4.5 million to produce, which included an outlay of nearly $750 000 on planes, including the ill-fated Southern Cross.'
