Continues the season of recent, highly-acclaimed films starring Bill Hunter, Gerard Kennedy
Australia 1948 to 1956: during this period two great rival newsreel companies, Cinesound and Movie-tone were the main source of visual information for people throughout the country. This fascinating portrait of nearly a decade, uses a fictional' story interwoven with actual and recreated newsreel footage of the period The result is one of the most entertaining, exciting and innovative films to come from the new Australian cinema. one of the year's most interesting movies. (SUNDAY TELEGRAPH)
The film's idiom is tough, naturalistic, punchy.........most original - and even rarer it's a likeable movie about people. (EVENING STANDARD)
A most exhilarating product of the Australian new wave ...it's funny, beautifully acted, and genuinely modest. (THE OBSERVER)
Produced by DAVID ELFICK
Written and directed by PHILLIP NOYCE
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