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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
- 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
- Online:
- Credits from Internet Movie Database
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