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Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 The Interview
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Film Details - Pointblank Pictures Pty Ltd , 1998

Producers:

Bill Hughes and Craig Monahan.

Production Companies:

Pointblank Pictures.

Finance Organisations:

Australian Film Finance Corporation.

Director of Photography:

Simon Duggan.

Editors:

Suresh Ayyar.

Production Designers:

Richard Bell.

Music:

David Hirschfelder.

Cast:

Including Hugo Weaving (Eddie Rodney Fleming), Tony Martin (Det. Sgt. John Steele), Aaron Jeffery (Det. Sr. Const. Wayne Prior), Paul Sonkkila (Det. Insp. Jackson), Michael Caton (Barry Walls), Peter McCauley (Det. Hudson), Glynis Angel (Det. Robran), Leverne McDonnell (Solicitor), Libby Stone (Mrs Beecroft), Andrew Bayly (Const. Prowse), and Doug Dew (Beecroft).

Release Dates:

20 August 1998 (Australia).

Location:

  • Filmed in Melbourne, Victoria.

Post Production:

The South Australian Film Corporation (sound post-production).
Labsonics (sound post-production).

Awards:

  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia), Best Cinematography (won), 1998.
  • AFI Award, Best Achievement in Editing (nominated), 1998.
  • AFI Award, Best Achievement in Production Design (nominated), 1998.
  • AFI Award, Best Achievement in Sound (nominated), 1998.
  • AFI Award, Best Original Music Score (nominated), 1998.
  • AFI Award, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (won), 1998.
  • AFI Award, Best Achievement in Cinematography (nominated), 1998.
  • AFI Award, Best Achievement in Direction (nominated), 1998.
  • Torino International Festival of Young Cinema, Prize of the City of Torino (Best Film - International Feature Film Competition) (nominated), 1998.
  • Montréal World Film Festival, FIPRESCI Prize - Special Mention (won), 1998.
  • Montréal World Film Festival, Grand Prix des Amériques (nominated), 1998.
  • Ghent International Film Festival, Student Jury Award (won), 1998.
  • Montréal World Film Festival, Best Actor (won), 1998.
  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia), Best Director (nominated), 1998.
  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia), Best Supporting Actor - Male (nominated), 1998.
  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia), Best Music Score (won), 1998.
  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia), Best Actor - Male (nominated), 1998.

Notes:

Script editor: Alison Nisselle.

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