Cirrus

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Film Details - Greater Union , 1985

Producers:

Graeme Clifford and John Sexton.

Production Companies:

Hoyts Edgley (presents).

Greater Union Organisation.

Stony Desert.

Hemdale Releasing Corporation (presents).

Director of Photography:

Russell Boyd.

Editors:

Tim Wellburn.

Production Designers:

Ross Major.

Music:

Peter Sculthorpe.

Cast:

Including Jack Thompson (Robert O'Hara Burke), Nigel Havers (William John Wills), Greta Scacchi (Julia Matthews), Matthew Fargher (John King), Chris Haywood (Tom McDonagh), Ralph Cotterill (Charley Gray), Drew Forsythe (Brahe), Ron Blanchard (Bill Patton), Monroe Reimers (Dost Mahomet), Barry Hill (George Landells), Hugh Keays-Byrne (Ambrose Kyte), Roderick Williams (Bill Wright), Arthur Dignam (Sir William Stawell), Ken Goodlet (Doctor John Masadam), Peter Collingwood (Doctor William Wills), Edward Hepple (Ludwig Becker), and Susannah Harker (Bessie Wills).

Release Dates:

Released in Australia on 31 October 1985.

World premiere on May 1986 (Cannes Film Festival).

Location:

Some filming in England.
Primarily filmed in South Australia, Central Australia, and the Northern Territory.

Post Production:

Spectrum Films International.

Awards:

AFI Award, Best Achievement in Costume Design (nomination), 1986.
AFI Award, Best Achievement in Cinematography (nomination), 1986.
AFI Award, Best Original Music Score (nomination), 1986.
AFI Award, Best Achievement in Sound (nomination), 1986.

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Settings:

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Australia,
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y ca. 1861

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