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Adaptation of Dimboola : A Wedding Reception Play Jack Hibberd , 1974 single work musical theatre
Issue Details: First known date: 1979... 1979 Dimboola
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Film Details - Pram Factory Pictures , 1979

Producers:

Max Gillies
John Weiley
John Timlin

Production Companies:

Pram Factory Pictures
Greater Union Organisation

Finance Organisations:

Australian Film Commission
New South Wales Film Corporation
Film Victoria

Director of Photography:

Tom Cowan

Editors:

Tony Paterson

Production Designers:

Lawrence Eastwood

Composer:

George Dreyfus

Cast:

Incl. Bruce Spence (Morrie McAdam), Natalie Bate (Maureen Delaney), Max Gillies (Vivian Worcester-Jones), Bill Garner (Dangles), Jack Perry (Horrie), Dick May (Shovel), Esme Melville (April), Terry McDermott (Darcy), Alan Rowe (Angus), Irene Hewitt (Florence), Kerry Dwyer (Shirl), Val Jellay (Aggie), Barrie Barkla (Reverend Potts), Tim Robertson (Father O'Shea), Laurel Frank (Jackleen), Sue Ingleton (Marilyn), Claire Dobbin (Worms), Chad Morgan .(Bayonet), Max Cullen (Mutton), Paul Hampton (Ambrose), Evelyn Krape (Monica), Helen Sky (Astrid), Max Fairchild (T-Bone), Phil Motherwell (Sniper), Clare Binney (Angelique), John Murphy (Doctor), Fay Mokotow (Nurse), Frankie Raymond (Daphne).

Release Dates:

Released in Australia in 1979. First screened in the USA on 11 May 1979.
Released on videocassette format in 1979 by Pram Factory Pictures. Released on DVD format in 2006 by Umbrella Entertainment.

Location:

  • Dimboola, Victoria.

Post Production:

Spectrum Films International

Notes:

Several sources erroneously credit John Power as either the screenwriter (see Wikipedia) or original playwright (see International Movie Database).

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