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The chant of Jimmie Blacksmith / screenplay by Fred Schepisi ; produced and directed by Fred Schepisi ; Film House, Victorian Film.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Schepisi, Fred, Screenwriter, Director, Producer.
Thompson, Jack, 1940- Actor.
Barrett, Ray, 1927-2009, Actor.
Reynolds, Freddy, Actor.
Lewis, Tommy, 1958-2018, Actor.
Victorian Film Corporation, production company.
Rosengarten Family Fund.
Film House Company, production company.
Industrial Entertainment (Firm), publisher.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Keneally, Thomas--Film adaptations.
Keneally, Thomas.
Aboriginal Australians--Drama.
Aboriginal Australians.
Serial murders--Australia--Drama.
Serial murders.
Australia--Race relations--Drama.
Australia.
New South Wales--Social life and customs--19th century--Drama.
New South Wales.
Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (Motion Picture).
Manners and customs.
Race relations.
Genre:
Motion pictures, Australian.
Biographical films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Crime films.
Historical films.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
4 3/4 in. color
Place of Publication:
United States : Industrial Entertainment, 2008.
System Details:
DVD, NTSC, Region 1; dual layer; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; monaural.
digital
optical
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1
Summary:
Dramatization of the life of a half caste torn between his Aboriginal roots and his desire to be part of white society. When he becomes an object of loathing and ridicule, he and his full blood Aborigine brother embark upon an odyssey of murdering whites before he is captured, tried, and executed.
Participant:
Tommy Lewis, Freddy Reynolds, Ray Barrett, Jack Thompson, Angela Punch, Steve Dodds.
Credits:
Photography, Ian Baker ; editor, Brian Kavanagh : music, Bruce Smeaton.
Notes:
Title from opening screens.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1978.
Based on the novel by Thomas Keneally.
Special features: Tommy Lewis interview -- The making of The chant of Jimmie Blacksmith with director Fred Schepisi.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
ISBN:
9786312539766
6312539768
OCLC:
277156507
Publisher Number:
858334001374
IE004 Industrial Entertainment

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