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Issue Details: First known date: 1996... 1996 Road to Nhill
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A comedy of accidents, life, death, the universe, and a bad corner on the road to Nhill, the story begins with three cars filled with women bowlers on their way home to the Victorian town of Pyramid Hill (population 550) after a tournament. When one of the cars and its four occupants don't return, the town embarks on a chaotic course of action to try to solve the mystery. Meanwhile, the four missing women bowlers, whose car has rolled on the deserted road, are coping fairly well--that is, until the local men and emergency services start trying to help.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Alternative title: Road to Nhill : Original Screenplay
Form: screenplay
    • Strawberry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press , 1998 .
      Extent: xii [4], 100p.p.
      Description: illus., port.
      Note/s:
      • Foreword by Sue Maslin, Alison Tilson, and Sue Brooks. Introduction by Margaret Pomeranz.
      ISBN: 0868195685

Works about this Work

Antipodean Automobility and Crash : Treachery, Trespass and Transformation of the Open Road Catherine Simpson , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Humanities Review , September no. 39/40 2006;
An examination of the function of car accidents in Australian film and in the Australian landscape (through roadside memorials).
The Rules of Being Australian Anna Daly , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , March-April no. 25 2003;
This discussion of the recent film Australian Rules explores the complexities of 'representation' in both art and politics.
Brazen Brides, Grotesque Daughters, Treacherous Mothers : Women's Funny Business in Australian Cinema from Sweetie to Holy Smoke Felicity Collins , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , November-December no. 23 2002; Womenvision : Women and the Moving Image in Australia 2003; (p. 167-182)
Contemporary Australian women filmmakers rework the romantic comedy genre to incorporate women and their experiences.
Some Films of the 90s Bill Mousoulis , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , January no. 2 2000;
Untitled Jonathan Dawson , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 34 1999; (p. 163-167)

— Review of The Boys Stephen Sewell , 1998 single work film/TV ; Road to Nhill Alison Tilson , 1996 single work film/TV
Untitled Jonathan Dawson , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 34 1999; (p. 163-167)

— Review of The Boys Stephen Sewell , 1998 single work film/TV ; Road to Nhill Alison Tilson , 1996 single work film/TV
The Rules of Being Australian Anna Daly , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , March-April no. 25 2003;
This discussion of the recent film Australian Rules explores the complexities of 'representation' in both art and politics.
Brazen Brides, Grotesque Daughters, Treacherous Mothers : Women's Funny Business in Australian Cinema from Sweetie to Holy Smoke Felicity Collins , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , November-December no. 23 2002; Womenvision : Women and the Moving Image in Australia 2003; (p. 167-182)
Contemporary Australian women filmmakers rework the romantic comedy genre to incorporate women and their experiences.
Some Films of the 90s Bill Mousoulis , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , January no. 2 2000;
Antipodean Automobility and Crash : Treachery, Trespass and Transformation of the Open Road Catherine Simpson , 2006 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Humanities Review , September no. 39/40 2006;
An examination of the function of car accidents in Australian film and in the Australian landscape (through roadside memorials).

Awards

1997 nominated Australian Film Institute Awards Best Original Screenplay
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