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Film Details - Gevest Productions ; AO Productions , 1991
Producers:
Rolf de Heer (Producer)
Giorgio Draskovic (Producer/Executive Producer)
Marie-Pascale Osterrieth (Producer)
Marc Rosenberg (Producer)
Production Companies:
Gevest Productions
AO Productions
Finance Organisations:
West Australian Film Council
Centre National de la Cinématographie (France)
Canal Plus
Australian Film Finance Corporation
Australian Film Commission
Director of Photography:
Denis Lenoir
Editors:
Suresh Ayyar
Production Designers:
Judith Russell
Composer:
Miles Davis
Michel Legrand
Music:
Colin Friels took trumpet lessons so as to look convincing in his role but all his musical parts were played by American session musician Chuck Finley.
Cast:
Incl. Colin Friels (John 'Dingo' Anderson), Helen Buday (Jane Anderson), Miles Davis (Billy Cross), Helen Doig, Bernadette Lafont, Joe Petruzzi, Daniel Scott (John Anderson, age nine), Steve Shaw.
Release Dates:
Premiered in Los Angeles (USA) in December 1991. Australian premiere 30 January 1992.
Location:
- Filmed on location in Western Australia and Paris (France).
Notes:
1. An Australian and French co-production, the screenplay was first conceived by Marc Rosenberg in 1982.
2. Also known as Chien du Desert (France).
Settings:
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cFrance,cWestern Europe, Europe,
- Western Australia,
- 1960s
- 1970s
