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Film Details - Liberty and Beyond ; Network Ten , 1998
Producers:
Tony Cavanaugh (Producer)
Simone North (Producer)
Antonia Barnard (Co-producer)
Mikael Borglund (Executive Producer)
Anna Bohlsen (Assistant producer)
Production Companies:
Liberty and Beyond Productions
Finance Organisations:
Australian Commercial Television Production Fund.
Director of Photography:
Steve Arnold
Editors:
Andrew Macneil
Shawn Seet
Production Designers:
Peta Lawson
Composer:
Roger Mason
Cast:
Incl. John Bach (Tom Weir), Chris Betts (Sgt. Merv Masterson), Aaron Blabey (Dr White), Carol Burns (Greta), Cormac Costello (Michael 'Scotty' McInally), Stephen Curry (Rescuer), Helen Dallimore (Annette Gordon), Gigi Edgley (Erica Watson), Rebecca Gibney (Margaret Warby), Paul Mercurio (Bryan Gordon), Heather Mitchell (Margaret Shuttler), Peter O'Brien (Boris Osman), Damian Pike (Constable Garry Raymond), Wayne Pygram (Sgt. Joe Beecroft), Jeremy Sims (Gerry Buchtmann).
Release Dates:
First aired 19 October 1998 on the Ten Network.
Awards:
- Logie Award, Most Outstanding Miniseries/Telemovie, 1999.
- NSW & ACT Silver Award: Miniseries (Australian Cinematographers Society), 1999.
- AFI Award, Best Direction in a Television Drama, 1999.
- AFI Award, Best Miniseries or Telefeature, 1999.
- Australian Screen Music Award (Australian Guild of Screen Composers), Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie, 1999.
- Australian Screen Music Award (Australian Guild of Screen Composers), Best Original Title Theme for a Series, Serial or Mini-Series, 1999.
