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Adaptation of
The December Boys
1963
single work
novel
Issue Details:
First known date:
2006...
2006
December Boys
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'1960s outback Australia. Four boys in a convent orphanage watch younger kids leave with newly adopted parents, fearing their time may never come. The Reverend Mother sends them to the seaside where they meet a young autocratic couple that would make perfect parents. As men, they remember sabotaging each other’s efforts to be the chosen one, only to discover that the real meaning of what it is to be a family, is to be one of the December Boys.'
Source: Screen Australia.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Harry Potter Star Shines in December Boys
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 6 September vol. 17 no. 17 2007;
— Review of December Boys 2006 single work film/TV -
Limp and Listless
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 23 September 2007; (p. 9)
— Review of December Boys 2006 single work film/TV -
About a Boy
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 19 - 25 September no. 654 2007; (p. 12-13)
— Review of December Boys 2006 single work film/TV -
Orphans Potter around the Beach
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22-23 September 2007; (p. 14)
— Review of December Boys 2006 single work film/TV -
Reflexive Clash of Symbols
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 September 2007; (p. 22)
— Review of December Boys 2006 single work film/TV
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Reflexive Clash of Symbols
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22-23 September 2007; (p. 22)
— Review of December Boys 2006 single work film/TV -
Orphans Potter around the Beach
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22-23 September 2007; (p. 14)
— Review of December Boys 2006 single work film/TV -
About a Boy
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 19 - 25 September no. 654 2007; (p. 12-13)
— Review of December Boys 2006 single work film/TV -
Limp and Listless
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 23 September 2007; (p. 9)
— Review of December Boys 2006 single work film/TV -
Harry Potter Star Shines in December Boys
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 6 September vol. 17 no. 17 2007;
— Review of December Boys 2006 single work film/TV
Awards
- 2007 winner AWGIE Awards — Film Award — Adaptation
- 2007 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Betty Roland Prize for Scriptwriting
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