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Screen cap from promotional trailer
Is part of
Danny Embling Trilogy
1987
series - author
film/TV
Issue Details:
First known date:
1987...
1987
The Year My Voice Broke
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Film Details - Kennedy Miller Entertainment , 1987
Producers:
Terry Hayes (Producer)
Barbara Gibbs (Associate Producer)
Doug Mitchell (Producer)
George Miller (Producer)
Production Companies:
Kennedy Miller Entertainment
Director of Photography:
Geoff Burton
Editors:
Neil Thumpston
Production Designers:
Roger Ford
Composer:
Christine Woodruff
Cast:
Incl. Noah Taylor (Danny Embling), Loene Carmen (Freya Olson), Ben Mendelsohn (Trevor Leishman), Graeme Blundell (Nils Olson), Lynette Curran (Anne Olson), Malcolm Robertson (Bruce Embling), Judi Farr (Sheila Embling), Tim Robertson (Bob Leishman), Bruce Spence (Jonah), Harold Hopkins (Tom Alcock), Nick Tate (Sergeant Pierce), Vincent Ball (Headmaster), Anja Coleby (Gail Olson), Kylie Ostara (Alison), Kelly Dingwall (Barry), Dorothy St. Heaps (Mrs Beal), Colleen Clifford (Gran Olson), Kevin Manser (Mr Keith), Mary Regan (Miss McColl), Queenie Ashton (Mrs O'Neil), Helen Lomas (Sally), Emma Lyle (Lisa), Louise Birgan (Lyn), Allan Penney (Martin), Rob Carlton (Pierdon), Malcolm Kennard (Schoolkid).
Release Dates:
1. Premiered in Australia on 15 October 1987. Other commercial release dates include USA (17 October 1987) and France (3 September 2000 - TV premiere).
2. Released on videocassette format in Australia ca. 1987 by Kennedy Miller and in the UK in 1987 by Palace Video. Re-released on DVD format in the USA in 2000 by Pioneer Entertainment. Released in Australia on DVD format in 2008 by Roadshow Entertainment.
Location:
- Filmed largely on location in Braidwood and Sydney (New South Wales)
Awards:
- Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (1987) Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Ben Mendelsohn (winner)
- Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (1987) Best Actress in a Lead Role - Loene Carmen (nomination)
- Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (1987) Best Actor in a Lead Role - Noah Taylor (nomination)
- Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (1987) Best Achievement in Editing - Neil Thumpston (nomination)
- Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (1987) Best Film - Terry Hayes, Doug Mitchell and George Miller (winner)
- Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (1987) Best Director - John Duigan (winner)
- Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards (1988) Best Actor, Male - Noah Taylor (winner)
Notes:
Also known as Äänenmurroksen Aikaan (Finland), Australian Graffiti (France - TV title), Das Jahr Meiner Ersten Liebe (West Germany), Kesä Joka Muutti Kaiken (Finland).
Settings:
- Country towns,
- New South Wales,
- 1960s
