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Issue Details: First known date: 1988... 1988 Sebastian and the Sparrow
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Film Details - Kino Film Company , 1988

Producers:

Terry Ohlsson (executive producer).
Scott Hicks (producer).

Production Companies:

Kino Film Company.

Finance Organisations:

Australian Film Commission.
South Australian Film and Television Financing Fund.

Director of Photography:

David Foreman.

Editors:

Pip Karmel.

Production Designers:

Anni Browning.

Music:

Allan Zavod.

Cast:

Including Alexander Bainbridge (Sebastian), Jeremy Angerson (Sparrow), Robert Coleby (Peter Thornbury), Elizabeth Alexander (Jenny Thornbury), Vincent Gil (Mick, the Streetworker), John Clayton (Country cop), Alice Ramsay (Maude), Jethro Heysen-Hicks (Jethro), Chris Roberts (Turbo), Peter Crossley (Red), and Patrick Frost (School teacher).

Release Dates:

Premiered in May 1988 (Cannes Film Festival).

Premiered in Australia on 24 November 1988 (Adelaide Traditions & Visions Film Festival).


Location:

  • Filmed in South Australia, including Adelaide.

Post Production:

South Australian Film Corporation (sound post-production).

Awards:

  • Lucas: International Festival of Films for Children and Young People, Children's Section (won), 1990.
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