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 Franklin | 1978 Australian Film Corporation Pty Ltd Courtesy of Antony I.Ginnane
Red Dog (2011) Kriv Stenders | Woss Group Film Productions Courtesy of Roadshow Films
Crocodile Dundee (1986) Peter Faiman | Rimfire Films Courtesy of Rimfire Films
Storm Boy (1976) Henri Safran | South Australian Film Commission Courtesy of South Australian Film Commission
Love Serenade (1996) Shirley Barrett | Jan Chapman Films Courtesy of Umbrella Entertainment
Tracks (2013) John Curran | See-Saw Films Courtesy of See-Saw Films
The Hunter (2011) Daniel Nettheim | Porchlight Films Courtesy of Madman Entertainment
Ten Canoes (2006) Rolf de Heer | Vertigo Productions/Fandango Courtesy of Rolf de Heer
Mad Dog Morgan (1976) Phillippe Mora | Motion Picture Productions Courtesy of Umbrella Entertainment
The Man From Snowy River (1982) George Miller | Cambridge Productions Courtesy of Roadshow FIlms
Razorback (1984) Russell Mulcahy | McElroy & McElroy Courtesy of Jim McElroy
Wolf Creek (2005) Greg McLean | 403 Productions/Emu Creek Productions Courtesy of Roadshow Films
The Year My Voice Broke (1987) John Duigan | Kennedy Miller Productions Courtesy of Kennedy Miller Productions
Gallipoli (1981) Peter Weir | R & R Films Courtesy of R & R Films
Beneath Hill 60 (2010) Jeremy Sims | Lucky Country Productions Courtesy of Lucky Country Productions
The Sapphires (2012) Wayne Blair | Goalpost Pictures Courtesy of Goalpost Pictures
Kokoda (2006) Alister Grierson | GFN Productions Courtesy of Palace Films
The Dressmaker (2015) Jocelyn Moorhouse | Film Art Media Courtesy of Film Art Media
Death in Brunswick (1990) John Ruane | Meridian Films Courtesy of Umbrella Entertainment
Dirty Deeds (2002) David Caesar | Haystack Productions & New Town Productions Courtesy of Deb Balderstone
Proof (1991) Jocelyn Moorhouse | House & Moorhouse Films Courtesy of House & Moorhouse Films
Puberty Blues (1981) Bruce Beresford | Limelight Productions Courtesy of Umbrella Entertainment
Malcolm (1986) Nadia Tass | Cascade Films Courtesy of Umbrella Entertainment
Monkey Grip (1982) Ken Cameron | Pavilion Films Courtesy of Umbrella Entertainment
Crocodile Dundee (1986) Peter Faiman | Rimfire Films Courtesy of Rimfire Films
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978) Fred Schepisi | The Film House Courtesy of Umbrella Entertainment
Breaker Morant (1980) Bruce Beresford | South Australia Film Corporation Courtesy of South Australian Film Corporation
Goldstone (2016) Ivan Sen | Bunya Productions Courtesy of Bunya Productions
Cosi (1996) Mark Joffe | Smiley Productions Courtesy of Umbrella Entertainment
Wake In Fright (1971) Ted Kotcheff | NLT Productions Courtesy of Wake In Fright Trust
Samson and Delilah (2009) Warwick Thornton | CAAMA Productions Courtesy of Footprint Films
The Devil’s Playground (1976) Fred Schepisi | The Film House Courtesy of Umbrella Entertainment
The Daughter (2015) Simon Stone | Jab Chapman Films and Wildflower Films Courtesy of Roadshow Films
The Home Song Stories (2007) Tony Ayres | Porchlight Films Courtesy of Jetty Distribution
Muriel’s Wedding (1994) P.J.Hogan | House & Moorhouse Films Courtesy of House & Moorhouse Films
Blessed (2009) Ana Kokkinos | Wildheart Zizani Courtesy of Icon Distribution
Last Cab To Darwin (2015) Jeremy Sims | Last Cab Productions Courtesy of Icon Distribution
Charlie’s Country (2013) Rolf de Heer | Vertigo Productions/Fandango Courtesy of Rolf de Heer
Sunday Too Far Away (1975) Ken Hannam | South Australian Film Corporation Courtesy of South Australian Film Corporation
Shine (1996) Scott Hicks | Momentum Films Courtesy of Ronin Films
THE PRODUCERS WISH TO THANK
Andover Film Club Jeff Harrison Claire Barrett Pauline Hirsch Walter Bienz Fergus Grady Michelle Boukheris Richard Kuipers Philip Braithwaite Raena Lea-Shannon Evangeline & Bonnie Melissa Lucashenko McGowan Braithwaite Tim & Issy Maddocks Helen Buckley Brian May Café Sydney Sue McCreadie Anne Churchill-Brown Stephanie Ney Anna Churven David Noakes Petrina Edge Julia Pincus Michelle Frampton Keith Rodger Anna Freeland Clare Sawyer Courtney Gibson Showgroup Rochelle Green Simon Whipp Sam Griffin Sophia Zachariou