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Film Details - Aquataurus Film Productions , 1979
Producers:
Jill Robb (executive producer).
Joy Cavill (producer).
Production Companies:
Aquataurus Film Productions.
Finance Organisations:
South Australian Film Corporation.
Director of Photography:
Russell Boyd.
Editors:
Max Lemon.
Production Designers:
Ross Major.
Music:
Michael Carlos.
Cast:
Including Bronwyn Mackay-Payne (Dawn Fraser), Ron Haddrick (Pop), Bunney Brooke (Mum), Tom Richards (Harry), John Diedrich (Gary), Gabrielle Hartley (Kate), Ivar Kants (Len), David Cameron (Joe), Kevin Wilson (Bippy), Lyndall Barbour (Edie), and John Clayton (Syd).
Release Dates:
Premiered in the US on 8 March 1979.
Premiered in Australia (Sydney) on 19 March 1979.
Location:
- Filmed in Australia and Japan.
Post Production:
Spectrum Films International (post-production facilities).
United Sound (sound post-production).
Awards:
- Moscow International Film Festival, Golden Prize (nominated), 1979.
