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Film Details - South Australian Film Corporation , 1980

Producers:

Matt Carroll

Production Companies:

South Australian Film Corporation

Pact Productions

Seven Network

Finance Organisations:

Australian Film Commission

Director of Photography:

Donald McAlpine

Editors:

William M. Anderson

Production Designers:

David Copping

Music:

Phil Cuneen (Music Arranger)

Cast:

Edward Woodward (Lt. Harry 'Breaker' Morant), Jack Thompson (Maj. J.F. Thomas), John Waters (Capt. Alfred Taylor), Bryan Brown (Lt. Peter Handcock), Charles 'Bud' Tingwell (Lt. Col. Denny), Lewis Fitz-Gerald (Lt. George Ramsdale Witton), Terence Donovan (Capt. Simon Hunt), Vincent Ball (Col. Ian 'Johnny' Hamilton), Ray Meagher (Sgt. Maj. Drummond), Chris Haywood (Cpl. Sharp), Russell Kiefel (Christiaan Botha), Rod Mullinar (Maj. Charles Bolton), Alan Cassell (Lord Horatio Kitchener), Rob Steele (Capt. Robertson), Chris Smith (Sgt Cameron).

Release Dates:

1. 15 May 1980 (Adelaide, South Australia - premiere). Released commercially in Australia on 3 July 1980. UK premiere held on 23 October 1980 (London Royal Charity Film Premiere). Also screened at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival (France), 1980 Asian Film Festival (Indonesia), 1980 Commonwealth Film and Television Festival (Cyprus), 1980 New York Film Festival (USA), 1980 Sorrento Incontro Internazionale del Cinema (Italy), 1981 Göteborgs Filmfestival (Sweden), and the 1981 Cape Town International Film Festival (South Africa).

2. Released on videocassette format in 1980 by the South Australian Film Corporation. Re-released on videocassette in 1998 and on DVD format in 2001 by REEL Corproration.

Location:

Filmed at various locations in South Australia, including Adelaide, Burra, Clare Valley, Flinders Ranges, Marryatville, Somerton Park, and Norwood.

Awards:

Australian Film Institute Awards (1980), Best Actor in a Lead Role - Jack Thompson (winner)
Australian Film Institute Awards (1980), Best Achievement in Cinematography - Donald McAlpine (winner)
Australian Film Institute Awards (1980), Best Film - Matthew Carroll (winner)
Australian Film Institute Awards (1980), Best Director - Bruce Beresford (winner)
Australian Film Institute Awards (1980), Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Bryan Brown (winner)
Australian Film Institute Awards (1980), Best Achievement in Film Editing - William M. Anderson (winner)
Australian Film Institute Awards (1980), Best Achievement in Production Design - David Copping(winner)
Australian Film Institute Awards (1980), Best Achievement in Costume Design - Anna Senior(winner)
Australian Film Institute Awards (1980), Best Achievement in Sound - Gary Wilkins, William Anderson, Jeanine Chiavlo and Phil Judd (winners)
Australian Film Institute Awards (1980), Best Actor in a Lead Role - Edward Woodwood (nomination)
Australian Film Institute Awards (1980), Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Lewis Fitz-Gerald (nomination).
Australian Film Institute Awards (1980), Best Actor in a Supporting Role Charles Tingwell (nomination).
Cannes Film Festival (1980), Golden Palm Award - Bruce Beresford (nomination).
Cannes Film Festival (1980), Best Supporting Actor - Jack Thompson (winner)
Golden Globes Awards (1981), Best Foreign Film (nomination)
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards (1982), Best Foreign Film (winner)

Notes:

1. One of the songs used in the film is 'At Last,' written by H. H. Morant.

2. Also known as Ärans Fält (Sweden), Consejo de Guerra (Spain), Der Fall des Lieutnant Morant (West Germany), Esecuzione di un Eroe (Italy), Héros ou Salopards (France), Krotitel Morant (Czech Republic), Kunnian Kentät (Finland), Oi Thanatopoinites (Greece), Sprawa Moranta (Poland).

Subjects:

Breaker Morant

Settings:

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South Africa,
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Southern Africa, Africa,

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