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Film Details - New Town Films ,
Producers:
Ben Gannon (Producer)
Bryan Brown (Producer)
Stuart Benjamin (Executive Producer)
Taylor Hackford (Executive Producer)
Production Companies:
New Town Films
Confidence Productions (USA)
New Visions Pictures (USA)
Finance Organisations:
Australian Film Commisssion
Director of Photography:
Russell Boyd
Editors:
Neil Thumpston
Production Designers:
John Stoddart
Composer:
Richard Thompson
Peter Filleul
Cast:
Incl. Bryan Brown (Harry Reynolds), Karen Allen (Julie McGuire), Justin Rosniak (David Maguire), Chris Haywood (Gerald Bostock), Bill Kerr (Uncle Cec), Bruce Spence (Norman Foster), Bruce Myles (Mayor Jim Scraper), Paul Chubb (Billy), Peter Hehir (Giles), Don Baker (Sgt Watts), Bruno Lucia (Mr Thomas), Benjamin Franklin, Andrew S. Gilbert, Garry Waddell, Brian McDermott, Rob Steele, Werner Fritz Miersch,, Edmund Pegge, Michael Kozuki, Jim Morressey, Michael Kitsche, Melissa J. Hannan, Gabrielle Watkins, Imogen Annesley, Clare Chilton, Peter Nikolas.
Release Dates:
1. 10 May 1991 (USA). Released in Australia on 7 November 1991. Also released in France on 16 March 1994.
2. Released in Australia on videocassette format in 1991 by Applause Home Video.
Location:
- Filmed on location at Beachport, South Australia, and at Australian Film Studios, Sydney, Australia.
Subjects:
- Country towns,
- Coast,
Settings:
- Beachport, Beachport - Millicent area, South East South Australia, South Australia,
