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Film Details - Southern Star Xanadu , 1997
Producers:
Sandra Levy (Producer)
Errol Sullivan (Executive Producer)
Noel Ferrier (Executive Producer)
Maureen Barron (Executive Producer)
Georgie Smith (Associate Producer)
Production Companies:
Southern Star Xanadu
Finance Organisations:
New South Wales Film and Television Office
Director of Photography:
Mandy Walker
Editors:
Dany Cooper
Production Designers:
Michael Philips
Composer:
Stephen Rae
Cast:
Incl. Pamela Rabe (Hester), Miranda Otto (Katherine), Paul Chubb (Harry Bird), Frank Wilson (Francis Harper), Steve Jacobs (Rod Bordern), Geneviève Lemon (Jen Bordern), Simon Lyndon (Abel), Kati Edwards (Molly).
Release Dates:
Premiered in France at the Cannes Film Festival on 14 May 1997. Released in Australia on 31 July 1997.
Awards:
- AFI Award, Best Achievement in Production Design, 1997.
- AFI Award, Best Achievement in Cinematography (nomination), 1997.
- AFI Award, Best Original Music Score (nomination), 1997.
- AFI Award, Best Film (nomination), 1997.
- AFI Award, Best Achievement in Direction (nomination), 1997.
- AFI Award, Best Achievement in Editing (nomination), 1997.
- AFI Award, Best Achievement in Costume Design (nomination), 1997.
- AFI Award, Best Achievement in Cinematography (nomination), 1997.
- Palme d'Or (nomination), Cannes Film Festival, 1997.
- FCCA Award, Best Cinematography, 1997.
