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'The story of Australia's first and greatest home grown super star, whose show In Melbourne Tonight was made in Channel Nine's GTV studios in the 1950s and '60s.'
Source: Australian Film Commission website, http://afc.gov.au/default.aspx
Sighted: 21/05/2007
Notes
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Telemovie.
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'Crackerjack Productions acquired a non-exclusive licence from Graeme Blundell to use his biography of Graham Kennedy [King : The Life and Comedy of Graham Kennedy], but he did not participate in the scripting or production of this film, apart from several conversations with its writers.'
Source: The Weekend Australian, 19-20 May 2007 (Review), p.25.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Crackerjack
2012
single work
essay
— Appears in: World Film Locations : Melbourne 2012; (p. 102-103) -
The King and I
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 19-20 May 2007; (p. 24-25)
— Review of The King : The Graham Kennedy Story 2007 single work film/TV
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The King and I
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 19-20 May 2007; (p. 24-25)
— Review of The King : The Graham Kennedy Story 2007 single work film/TV -
Crackerjack
2012
single work
essay
— Appears in: World Film Locations : Melbourne 2012; (p. 102-103)
Awards
- 2008 nominated Logie Awards — Most Outstanding Drama Series
- 2008 nominated AWGIE Awards — Television Award — Telemovie — Original
Last amended 11 Dec 2014 14:38:57
Subjects:
- 1950s
- 1960s
- 1970s
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