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Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 Kings in Grass Castles
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Film Details - Barron Entertainment ; Channel 7 , 1998

Producers:

Paul D. Barron, Irene Dobson, and Jan Tyrrell.

Production Companies:

Barron Entertainment.
Broadcast on Channel 7.

Editors:

Paul Garrick.

Music:

Shaun Davey.

Cast:

Including James Fox (Longman), Stephen Dillane (Patsy Durack), Fionnula Flanagan (Mary Durack), Essie Davis (Mary Costello), Ernie Dingo (Jimmy), and David Ngoombujarra (Burrakin).

Release Dates:

Episode one aired on 29 March 1998 (Australia).

Location:

  • Filmed in New South Wales, South Australia, and Western Australia.

Awards:

  • AFI Award, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Television Drama (win [for Stephen Dillane]), 1998.
  • ASSG Award (Australian Screen Sound Guild), Best Sound in a Television Telemovie or Mini-Series (won), 1998.
Settings:
  • Western Australia,
  • New South Wales,
  • South Australia,
  • c
    Ireland,
    c
    Western Europe, Europe,
  • ca. 1850-1880
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