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Film Details - Children's Film Corporation ; Finn Productions , 1980

Producers:

John Sexton (executive producer).

Brian Rosen (producer).

Production Companies:

Children's Film Corporation.

Finn Productions.

Finance Organisations:

Australian Film Commission.

Director of Photography:

John Seale.

Editors:

Robert Gibson.

Production Designers:

Lissa Coote.

Music:

Rory O'Donoghue and Grahame Bond.

Cast:

Including Ben Oxenbould (Hubert 'Fatty' Finn), Rebecca Rigg (Tilly), Jeremy Larsson (Headlights), Martin Lewis (Skeet), Hugo Grieve (Seasy), Sandy Leask (Lolly Legs), Greg Kelly (Bruiser Murphy), Melita Simec (Bruiser's Girl), Christian Robinson (Squizzy), Murray Shultz (Flies), Miguel López (Mac), Christopher Norton (Snootle), Bert Newton (John Finn), Noni Hazlehurst (Myrtle Finn), Gerard Kennedy (Tiger Murphy), Su Cruickshank (Mrs Murphy), and Lorraine Bayly (Maggie McGrath).

Release Dates:

Released in Australia and the US on 18 December 1980.

Location:

Filmed and set in Glebe, Sydney.

Post Production:

Spectrum Films International.

Awards:

AFI Award, Best Original Music Score (won), 1981.
AFI Award, Best Achievement in Costume Design (won), 1981.
AFI Award, Best Actress in a Lead Role [Lorraine Bayly] (nominated), 1981).
AFI Award, Best Actress in a Lead Role [Noni Hazlehurst] (nominated), 1981).
AFI Award, Best Actress in a Supporting Role (nominated), 1981).
AFI Award, Best Achievement in Production Design (nominated), 1981).
AFI Award, Best Achievement in Editing (nominated), 1981).

Subjects:

Settings:

Sydney, New South Wales,
1920s

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