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Screencap from promotional trailer.
Adaptation of
The Hunter
1999
single work
novel
Issue Details:
First known date:
2011...
2011
The Hunter
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Film Details - Porchlight Films , 2011
Producers:
Producer: Vincent Sheehan
Executive producers: Liz Watts, Anita Sheehan, Paul Wiegard
Finance Organisations:
Financed by Screen Australia and Screen New South Wales with Madman as the Australian distributor.
(Budget Au$6.7 million)
Source: Richard Keep, 'Daniel Nettheim Hunts Down Dafoe and Sam Neill', ioncinema.com, posted 4/8/2010
Source: Richard Keep, 'Daniel Nettheim Hunts Down Dafoe and Sam Neill', ioncinema.com, posted 4/8/2010
Director of Photography:
Robert Humphreys
Editors:
Roland Galois
Production Designers:
Steven Jones-Evans (Costume designer: Emily Seresin)
Music:
Andrew Lancaster, Matteo Zingales, Michael Lira
Cast:
Willem Dafoe, Frances O'Connor, Sam Neill
Release Dates:
Release date: 06/10/2011; Premier screening at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival (September, 2011)
Location:
- Shot entirely on location in Tasmania.
Notes:
Video of clips from the film and the film trailer are available at http://www.porchlightfilms.com.au/. The official trailer can also be seen http://youtu.be/KgfB9kebFNI.
Short 'behind-the-scenes' videos were also made during filming. Willem Dafoe, Frances O'Connor and the filmmakers are interviewed here: http://youtu.be/jgpoM2CXovk
