AustLit logo

AustLit

image of person or book cover 3395139229697632206.jpg
Screen cap from promotional trailer
form y separately published work icon Last Cab to Darwin single work   film/TV  
Adaptation of Last Cab to Darwin Reg Cribb , 2002 single work drama
Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 Last Cab to Darwin
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

Film Details - Last Cab Productions ; Hydra Hamlet , 2014

Producers:

Greg Duffy, Lisa Duff, and Jeremy Sims.

Production Companies:

Last Cab Productions.
Hydra Hamlet.

Finance Organisations:

Screen NSW.

Director of Photography:

Steve Arnold.

Editors:

Marcus D'Arcy.

Production Designers:

Clayton Jauncey.

Music:

Ed Kuepper.

Cast:

Including Jacki Weaver (Dr Farmer), Emma Hamilton (Julie), Mark Coles Smith (Tilly), Michael Caton (Rex), Leah Purcell (Sonya), and Ningali Lawford (Polly).

Release Dates:

Premiered at the 2015 Sydney Film Festival.

National release 6 August 2015.


Location:

  • Set in Broken Hill.

    Filmed on the Oodnadatta Track, South Australia , and in the Northern Territory.

Awards:

  • AACTA award, Best Lead Actor (Michael Caton) (won), 2015.

Notes:

Shooting: May to June 2014.
Script editors: Andy Cox and David Roach.

Settings:
  • Broken Hill, Broken Hill area, Far West NSW, New South Wales,
  • Darwin, Darwin area, Northern Territory,
X