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Most Referenced Works
Awards for Works
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form
y
Australian Rules
( dir. Paul Goldman
)
Australia
:
Tidy Town Pictures
,
2002
Z931436
2002
single work
film/TV
(taught in 2 units)
In Prospect Bay, a remote fishing town in South Australian, the only thing that connects the two communities - the Goonyas (whites) and the Nungas (blacks) - is football. The underlying racism and class warfare threatens to make the team's greatest victories irrelevant, though. Two members of the team, Gary Black (the son of a white fisherman) and Dumby Red (the team's star player), are an exception, however, having been best friends since childhood despite their different cultural and family backgrounds. The jubilation that occurs when the team wins the local premiership is short-lived when Dumby is inexplicably overlooked for the 'best on ground' award. This incident subsequently sets off a chain of events that ends in tragedy.
[Sources: Weekend Australian 22-23 December 2001 pp.14-15 and Australian Screen]
- 2002 winner Australian Film Institute Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay
- 2002 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Betty Roland Prize for Scriptwriting
- 2002 nominated Inside Film Awards — Best Script
- 2002 nominated Film Critics Circle of Australia — Best Screenplay - Adapted
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