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form y separately published work icon Stir single work   film/TV   crime  
Alternative title: The Promotion of Mr Smith
Issue Details: First known date: 1980... 1980 Stir
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Inspired by the 1974 riots at Bathurst Correctional Centre and the subsequent Royal Commission into New South Wales Prisons, Stir explores the desperation of prisoners subject to a flawed penal system.

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y separately published work icon Stir Bob Jewson , Melbourne : Unicorn Books , 1980 Z1143748 1980 single work novel
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Awards

1980 nominated AFI Awards Australian Film Institute Awards — Best Screenplay, Original or Adapted
1980 nomination AFI Awards Australian Film Institute Awards — Best Film
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