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'Prime Mover is a diesel-charged love story about ambition, pressure, responsibility and the love shared by a man, a woman and his truck.'
Source: Porchlight Films website, http://www.porchlightfilms.com.au
Sighted: 19/08/2008
Production Details
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World premiere screened at the State Theatre, Sydney, 8 June 2009.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Five Metaphors for a Film Festival : The 56th Sydney Film Festival
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , no. 53 2009; -
Reel Time
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Australian , 18 November 2009; (p. 17) -
A Glimpse of Reason up Ahead
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 14 November 2009; (p. 21) The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 November 2009; (p. 8) -
Boy Brakes for Girl in Truck Opera
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 12 November 2009; (p. 22)
— Review of Prime Mover 2008 single work film/TV -
Heartbreak Rig : A Truckie Gets Lost
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12 November 2009; (p. 19)
— Review of Prime Mover 2008 single work film/TV
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New Release
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 1 November 2009; (p. 23) The Sun-Herald , 1 November 2009; (p. 16)
— Review of Prime Mover 2008 single work film/TV -
Audience in the Driver's Seat
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 11 November 2009; (p. 17)
— Review of Prime Mover 2008 single work film/TV -
Heartbreak Rig : A Truckie Gets Lost
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12 November 2009; (p. 19)
— Review of Prime Mover 2008 single work film/TV -
Boy Brakes for Girl in Truck Opera
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 12 November 2009; (p. 22)
— Review of Prime Mover 2008 single work film/TV -
A Glimpse of Reason up Ahead
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 14 November 2009; (p. 21) The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 November 2009; (p. 8) -
Reel Time
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Australian , 18 November 2009; (p. 17) -
Five Metaphors for a Film Festival : The 56th Sydney Film Festival
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , no. 53 2009; -
The Quirky Working Class Prime Mover
2009
single work
essay
— Appears in: Metro Magazine , December no. 163 2009; (p. 20-24) 'David Caesar's latest film inventiveiy combines sociai realism and surrealism but falls victim to an all-too-familiar trap for Australian films, writes Rjurih Davidson' -
Trucks, Dreams, Reality and Contrast : David Caesar On Prime Mover
Bruce Andrew
(interviewer),
2009
single work
interview
— Appears in: Metro Magazine , December no. 163 2009; (p. 26-28) 'Working with trucks on his latest feature film proved harder than expected for Australian writer/director David Caesar. He speaks to Bruce Andrews about the motivation behind making a film about trucking and the importance of contrasts.'
Awards
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