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form y separately published work icon Wake In Fright series - publisher   film/TV  
Adaptation of Wake in Fright Kenneth Cook , 1961 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 2017... 2017 Wake In Fright
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Works about this Work

AACTA Awards 2017 : Lion and Ali's Wedding Sweep Early Categories Stephanie Honor Convery , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 4 December 2017;

'The internationally acclaimed film Lion has swept the early prizes of Australia’s biggest film and TV awards, winning seven of eight feature film categories at the industry luncheon on Monday, before the main award announcements on Wednesday.' (Introduction)

Wake in Fright Review – TV Remake of Classic Outback Thriller Lacks Bite Luke Buckmaster , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 3 October 2017;

'Ten’s contemporary adaptation of Kenneth Cook’s novel substitutes hard drugs for cold beer but loses its sunburnt sting.'

Australian TV to Watch in 2017 : Big Names, New Talent and Classic Stories Revisited Amanda Meade , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 14 December 2016;

— Review of Newton's Law Belinda Chayko , Chris Corbett , Elizabeth Coleman , Elizabeth Packett , Ellie Beaumont , Hilary Bonney , Sue Hore , Elizabeth Packett , Michael Voigt , 2017 series - publisher film/TV ; Seven Types of Ambiguity Jacquelin Perske , Jonathan Gavin , Marieke Hardy , 2017 series - publisher film/TV ; The Warriors Jon Bell , Tracey Rigney , Tony Briggs , 2017 series - publisher film/TV ; Hoges Marieke Hardy , Keith Thompson , 2016 series - publisher film/TV ; Blue Murder : Killer Cop Peter Schreck , 2017 series - publisher film/TV ; Wake In Fright Stephen M. Irwin , 2017 series - publisher film/TV ; Picnic at Hanging Rock Beatrix Christian , Alice Addison , 2017 series - publisher film/TV ; Olivia Elizabeth Coleman , Pip Karmel , 2018 series - publisher film/TV
The Problem with ... TV Reboots of Classic Films Ben Pobjie , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 15 September 2016; (p. 2) The Sydney Morning Herald , 19 September 2016; (p. 4)
Outback Nightmare Returns to the Screen Matt Gilbertson , Antimo Iannella , Anna Vlach , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 8 September 2016; (p. 27)
Australian TV to Watch in 2017 : Big Names, New Talent and Classic Stories Revisited Amanda Meade , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 14 December 2016;

— Review of Newton's Law Belinda Chayko , Chris Corbett , Elizabeth Coleman , Elizabeth Packett , Ellie Beaumont , Hilary Bonney , Sue Hore , Elizabeth Packett , Michael Voigt , 2017 series - publisher film/TV ; Seven Types of Ambiguity Jacquelin Perske , Jonathan Gavin , Marieke Hardy , 2017 series - publisher film/TV ; The Warriors Jon Bell , Tracey Rigney , Tony Briggs , 2017 series - publisher film/TV ; Hoges Marieke Hardy , Keith Thompson , 2016 series - publisher film/TV ; Blue Murder : Killer Cop Peter Schreck , 2017 series - publisher film/TV ; Wake In Fright Stephen M. Irwin , 2017 series - publisher film/TV ; Picnic at Hanging Rock Beatrix Christian , Alice Addison , 2017 series - publisher film/TV ; Olivia Elizabeth Coleman , Pip Karmel , 2018 series - publisher film/TV
Wake in Fright to Get TV Treatment in Two-part Series for Network Ten Steph Harmon , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 8 September 2016;
Wake in Fright Joins TV's New Wave of Literary Adaptations and Film Reboots Michael Idato , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 8 September 2016;
Outback Nightmare Returns to the Screen Matt Gilbertson , Antimo Iannella , Anna Vlach , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 8 September 2016; (p. 27)
The Problem with ... TV Reboots of Classic Films Ben Pobjie , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 15 September 2016; (p. 2) The Sydney Morning Herald , 19 September 2016; (p. 4)
Wake in Fright Review – TV Remake of Classic Outback Thriller Lacks Bite Luke Buckmaster , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 3 October 2017;

'Ten’s contemporary adaptation of Kenneth Cook’s novel substitutes hard drugs for cold beer but loses its sunburnt sting.'

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