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David Stratton's Stories of Australian Cinema David Stratton’s Stories of Australian Cinema With thanks to the extraordinary filmmakers and actors who make these films possible. Presenter DAVID STRATTON Writer & Director SALLY AITKEN Producers JO-ANNE McGOWAN JENNIFER PEEDOM Executive Producer MANDY CHANG Director of Photography KEVIN SCOTT Editors ADRIAN ROSTIROLLA MARK MIDDIS KARIN STEININGER HILARY BALMOND Sound Design LIAM EGAN Composer CAITLIN YEO Line Producer JODI MADDOCKS Head of Arts MANDY CHANG Series Producer CLAUDE GONZALES Development Research & Writing ALEX BARRY Legals STEPHEN BOYLE SOPHIE GODDARD SC SALLY McCAUSLAND Production Manager JODIE PASSMORE Production Co-ordinator KATIE AMOS Researchers RACHEL ROBINSON CAMERON MANION Interview & Post Transcripts JESSICA IMMER Sound Recordists DAN MIAU LEO SULLIVAN DANE CODY NICK BATTERHAM Additional Photography JUDD OVERTON JUSTINE KERRIGAN STEPHEN STANDEN ASHLEIGH CARTER ROBB SHAW-VELZEN Drone Operators NICK ROBINSON JONATHAN HARDING Camera Assistants GERARD MAHER ROB TENCH MARK COLLINS DREW ENGLISH JOSHUA DANG SIMON WILLIAMS NICHOLAS EVERETT ANTHONY RILOCAPRO LUKE WHITMORE Hair & Makeup FERN MADDEN DIANE DUSTING NATALIE VINCETICH BELINDA MOORE Post Producers ALEX BARRY LISA MATTHEWS Assistant Editors WAYNE C BLAIR ANNIE ZHANG Archive Consultant MIRIAM KENTER Graphics Designer THE KINGDOM OF LUDD Production Accountant LEAH HALL Stills Photographers PETER ADAMS JAMIE BILLING MARIA BOYADGIS RAYMOND MAHER MARK ROGERS PETER TARASUIK Post Production Facility DEFINITION FILMS SYDNEY Head of Post Production DAVID GROSS Online Editor BEN BLICK-HODGE Digital Colourist BILLY WYCHGEL EPK ELLIOTT MAGEN QC SILVERTRACK DIGITAL Sound Post Facility TRACKDOWN Sound Mixer ROBERT SULLIVAN Narration Recordist ROSE MACKENZIE-PETERSON Narration recorded at TRACKDOWN STUDIOS Additional Sound Editor ALICIA SLUSARSKI Press Kit SANDY GEORGE Trailer THE SOLID STATE Assistant Composer/Music Editor ANGELA LITTLE Violin VERONIQUE SERRET Flute & Accordion CAITLIN YEO SCORE © 2017 PRODUCED BY CAITLIN YEO AT CHURCH ST STUDIOS QAPE Production Finance DEFINITION FILMS FINANCE Co-Executive Producer DAVID GROSS Tax Accounting RANALD DUHIG BRUCE HALLIGAN Legal Advisor BERNARD GROSS QC NAB Australia MARK LUCA PHOEBE HABERLEY Insurer DAVID McEWAN, GALVANIZE INSURANCE Insurance WEBSTER HYDE HEATH STEVE PRATT Audit ROSENFELD KANT & CO TAMARA KAY SPECIAL THANKS TO Margaret Pomeranz National Film & Sound Archive Michael Loebenstein Sally Jackson Belinda Hunt Sydney Film Festival Nashen Moodley Jenny Neighbour Glen Hunter Adelaide Film Festival Amanda Duthie INTERVIEWEES Philip Adams Bryan Brown Jenny Agutter Tony Buckley Gillian Armstrong Simon Burke Tony Ayres Michael Caton Eric Bana Jan Chapman Dion Beebe Rich Chauvel Carlsson Bruce Beresford Al Clark Jill Billcock Paul Cox Andrew Bovell Russell Crowe Russell Boyd Judy Davis Rolf de Heer Sam Neill Jeanie Drynan Louis Nowra David Elfick Rachel Perkins Stephan Elliott Margaret Pomeranz Margaret Fink Leah Purcell Rachel Griffiths Luc Roeg Scott Hicks Geoffrey Rush PJ Hogan Fred Schepisi Claudia Karvan Sarah Snook Nicole Kidman Roger Stratton Ana Kokkinos Jack Thompson Ted Kotcheff Sigrid Thornton Anne-Louise Lambert Warwick Thornton Sue Maslin Brian Trenchard-Smith Todd McCarthy Christos Tsiolkas Greg McLean Mandy Walker David Michôd Jacki Weaver George Miller Hugo Weaving Jocelyn Moorhouse Geoffrey Wright ARCHIVE FOOTAGE & STILL IMAGES COURTESY OF Alamy Australia Pty Ltd Andover Film Club Andrew Hill, Dennis Hill’s Estate Anthony Buckley Art Gallery of Ballarat Art Gallery of Ballarat (Tom Roberts, A Summer Morning 1866, The Pinkerton Bequest Fund, 1943) Australian Broadcasting Corporation Archives Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Australian Film, Television and Radio School Ben Rushton British Pathé Criterion Collection Culture Victoria Daniel Scharf David Stratton Dick Clark Productions Inc. Fairfax Syndication Geoff Henderson Getty Images House & Moorhouse Pty Ltd Ingrid Weir Jennifer Lovell JOTZ Productions Pty Ltd Kennedy Miller Mitchell Kyra Cox Latent Image Pty Ltd LIFE Magazine Lindy Chamberlain Luc & Nic Roeg Mark Rogers Mary Evans Picture Library Macquarie Media Madman Moviestills Database National Archives of Australia National Film and Sound Archive National Gallery of Australia National Library of Australia National Portrait Gallery Canberra Nationwide News Pty Ltd (Newspix) Norman Wodetzki Mrs P Eglington Mrs P Holt Palace Cinemas Peter Hannan Dr Peter Kamen Porchlight Films Ric Chauvel Carlsson Roadshow Entertainment Robert McFarlane Rumbalara Sari Braithwaite Special Broadcasting Service Corporation Archives Scarlett Pictures Screenbound Pictures Ltd Sir Sidney Nolan Library South Australian Film Corporation State Library of South Australia State Library of New South Wales State Library of Victoria State Library of Western Australia Stig Björkman Swinburne University of Technology Sydney Film Festival Sydney Film Festival Archives Umbrella Entertainment Tate Images Tim Tutton FILMS FEATURED IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE The Overlanders (1946) Harry Watt | Ealing Studios Australia (2008) Baz Luhrmann | Bazmark Films Wake In Fright (1971) Ted Kotcheff | NLT Productions Muriel’s Wedding (1994) P.J.Hogan | House & Moorhouse Films The Year My Voice Broke (1987) John Duigan | Kennedy Miller Productions Lantana (2001) Ray Lawrence | Jan Chapman Films Innocence (2000) Paul Cox | Illumination Films My First Wife (1984) Paul Cox | Dofine Productions Force of Destiny (2015) Paul Cox | Illumination Films Beautiful Kate (2009) Rachel Ward | New Town Films Stork (1971) Tim Burstall | Bilcock & Copping Film Productions The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972) Bruce Beresford | Longford Productions Alvin Purple (1973) Tim Burstall | Hexagon Productions Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) Peter Weir | McElroy & McElroy Gallipoli (1981) Peter Weir | R & R Films The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) Peter Weir | McElroy & McElroy The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978) Fred Schepisi | The Film House Newsfront (1978) Phillip Noyce | Palm Beach Pictures My Brilliant Career (1979) Gillian Armstrong | Margaret Fink Productions Storm Boy (1976) Henri Safran | South Australian Film Corporation Breaker Morant (1980) Bruce Beresford | South Australian Film Corporation Walkabout (1971) Nicolas Roeg | Max L. Raab-Si Litvinoff FIlms Don’s Party (1976) Bruce Beresford | Double Head Productions Sunday Too Far Away (1975) Ken Hannam | South Australian Film Corporation Caddie (1976) Donald Crombie | Anthony Buckley Productions The Devil’s Playground (1976) Fred Schepisi | The Film House Lucky Miles (2007) Michael James Rowland | Blink Films They’re A Weird Mob (1996) Michael Powell | Williamson/Powell International Films Footy Legends (2006) Khao Do | Suitcase Films Ali’s Wedding (2016) Jeffrey Walker | Matchbox Productions The Home Song Stories (2007) Tony Ayres | Porchlight Films Head On (1998) Ana Kokkinos | Great Scott Productions Careful He Might Hear You (1983) Carl Schultz | Syme International Jedda (1955) Charles Chauvel | Charles Chauvel Productions Samson and Delilah (2009) Warwick Thornton | CAAMA Productions Turkey Shoot (1982) Brian Trenchard-Smith | Filmco/FGH The Chain Reaction (1980) Ian Barry | Palm Beach Pictures Road Games (1981) Richard Franklin | Essaness Pictures Patrick (1978) Richard Franklin | 1978 Australian International Film Corporation Mad Max (1979) George Miller | Kennedy Miller Productions Mad Max 2 – The Road Warrior (1981) George Miller | Kennedy Miller Productions Mad Max 3 – Beyond Thunderdome (1985) George Miller | Kennedy Miller Productions Mad Max 4 - Fury Road (2015) George Miller | Kennedy Miller Productions Evil Angels (1988) Fred Schepisi | Cinema Verity Romper Stomper (1992) Geoffrey Wright | Seon Film Productions The Combination (2009) David Field | See Thru Films Snowtown (2011) Justin Kurzel | Carver Films Chopper (2000) Andrew Dominik | Pariah Films The Boys (1998) Rowan Woods | Arenafilm Animal Kingdom (2010) David Michôd | Porchlight Films Two Hands (1999) Gregor Jordan | Meridian FIlms Ned Kelly (2003) Gregor Jordan | Working Title Films/Woss Group Film Productions The Sentimental Bloke (1919) Raymond Longford | Southern Cross Feature Film Company Those Who Love (1926) Paulette McDonagh | MCD Productions For The Term of His Natural Life (1927) Norman Dawn | Australasian Films In the Wake of the Bounty (1933) Charles Chauvel | Expeditionary Films Strictly Ballroom (1992) Baz Lurhmann | M & A Romeo + Juliet (1996) Baz Lurhmann | Bazmark Films Moulin Rouge (2001) Baz Lurhmann | Bazmark Films Shine (1996) Scott Hicks | Scott Hicks | Momentum Films The Castle (1997) Rob Sitch | Working Dog WITH THANKS TO Walkabout (1971) Nicolas Roeg | Max L. Raab Productions Courtesy of Madman Entertainment The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) Stephan Elliott | Latent Image Productions Courtesy of MGM/Latent Image Productions Two Hands (1999) Gregor Jordan | CML Films Courtesy of Umbrella Entertainment Bran Nue Dae (2009) Rachel Perkins | Bran Nue Dae The Film Pty Ltd Courtesy of Roadshow Films The Devil’s Playground (1976) Fred Schepisi | The Film House Courtesy of Umbrella Entertainment Newsfront (1978) Phillip Noyce | Palm Beach Pictures Courtesy of Palm Beach Pictures Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) Peter Weir | McElroy & McElroy Courtesy of Picnic Productions The Castle (1997) Rob Sitch | Working Dog Courtesy of Working Dog Productions My Brilliant Career (1979) Gillian Armstrong | Margaret Fink Productions Courtesy of Margaret Fink Patrick (1978) Richard
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