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Issue Details: First known date: 1999... 1999 In a Savage Land
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Film Details - Bill Bennett Productions , 1999

Producers:

Jennifer Cluff and Bill Bennett.

Production Companies:

Bill Bennett Productions.

Finance Organisations:

Produced in association with Showtime Australia and with the assistance of the Film Finance Corporation Australia and the South Australian Film Corporation. Developed with the assistance of the Australian Film Commission.

Director of Photography:

Danny Ruhlmann.

Editors:

Henry Dangar.

Production Designers:

Nicholas McCallum.

Music:

David Bridie.

Cast:

Including Rufus Sewell (Mick Carpenter), Martin Donovan (Dr Phillip Spence), Maya Stange (Evelyn Spence), Max Cullen (Douglas Stevens), John Howard (Rev. Macgregor), Andrew S. Gilbert (Gerry), Marshall Napier (Sir Geoffrey Hallerton), and Susan Lyons (Helen Stevens).

Release Dates:

Premiered in Australia on 21 October 1999.

Location:

  • Filmed in Papua New Guinea and in South Australia.

Post Production:

South Australian Film Corporation (sound post-production).
Big Bang Sound (sound post-production).
Spectrum Films International (post-production facilities).

Awards:

  • ARIA Music Award, Best Original Soundtrack Album (won), 2000.
  • AFI Award, Best Original Music Score (won), 1999.
  • AFI Award, Best Achievement in Sound (won), 1999.
  • AFI Award, Best Achievement in Direction (nominated), 1999.
  • AFI Award, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (nominated), 1999.
  • AFI Award, Best Achievement in Cinematography (nominated), 1999.
  • AFI Award, Best Achievement in Production Design (nominated), 1999.
  • AFI Award, Best Achievement in Costume Design (nominated), 1999.
  • Australian Screen Music Award, Best Original Music for a Feature Film (nominated), 1999.
  • ASSG Award (Australian Screen Sound Guild), Best Achievement in Foley in a Feature Film (won), 1999.
  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia), Best Cinematography (won), 2000.
  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia), Best Music Score (won), 2000.
  • Hawaii International Film Festival, Audience Award: Best Feature (won), 1999.
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    Papua New Guinea,
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    Pacific Region,
  • Trobriand Islands,
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    Papua New Guinea,
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    Pacific Region,
  • 1939
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