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form y separately published work icon Playing Beatie Bow single work   film/TV   young adult   fantasy  
Adaptation of Playing Beatie Bow Ruth Park , 1980 single work novel
Note: Irwin Lane is also given a writing credit for this film in most sources, but his actual involvement is not made explicit.
Issue Details: First known date: 1986... 1986 Playing Beatie Bow
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Film Details - South Australian Film Corporation , 1986

Producers:

Jock Blair.

Production Companies:

South Australian Film Corporation.

Finance Organisations:

Australian Film Commission.

Director of Photography:

Geoffrey Simpson.

Editors:

Andrew Prowse.

Production Designers:

George Liddle.

Music:

Garry McDonald and Laurie Stone.

Cast:

Including Peter Phelps (Judah / Robert), Imogen Annesley (Abigail Kirk), Mouche Phillips (Beatie Bow), Nikki Coghill (Dovey), Moya O'Sullivan (Granny), Don Barker (Samuel), Lyndel Rowe (Kathy), Barbara Stephens (Justine), Damian Janko (Gibbie), Phoebe Salter (Natalie), Su Cruickshank (Madam), and Henry Salter (Swanton).

Release Dates:

7 August 1986 (Australia and United States).

Location:

  • Filmed in Adelaide, South Australia, and Sydney, New South Wales (especially The Rocks area of Sydney).

Awards:

  • Best Achievement in Production Design, AFI Awards, 1986.
  • Cinematographer of the Year, Australian Cinematographers Society, 1986.
Subjects:
Settings:
  • Sydney City, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,
  • 1870s
  • 1970s
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