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Film Details - Hal McElroy Southern Star , 1994

Producers:

Hal McElroy (Producer)

Errol Sullivan (Executive Producer)

Kevin Dowling (Co-executive Producer)

Hal 'Corky' Kessler (Co-executive Producer)

Donald Scatena (Co-executive Producer)

Production Companies:

Hal McElroy Southern Star

Great Sum Film Limited Partnership

Samuel Goldwyn Company

Finance Organisations:

Australian Film Finance Corporation

Southern Star International

Director of Photography:

Geoff Burton

Editors:

Frans Vandenburg

Production Designers:

Ian Gracie

Composer:

Brad Fiedel

David Faulkner

Cast:

Incl. Jack Thompson (Harry Mitchell), Russell Crowe (Jeff Mitchell), John Polson (Greg), Deborah Kennedy (Joyce Johnson), Mitch Matthews (Gran), Julie Herbert (Mary), Des James (Coach), Rebekah Elmaloglou (Jenny Johnson), Mick Campbell, Donny Muntz, Jan Adele, Lola Nixon, Sally Cahill, Bob Baines, Paul Freeman, Walter Kennard, Stuart Campbell, Graham Drake, Elaine Lee, Ross Anderson, Michael Burgess, John Rhall, Helen Williams, Jan Merriman.

Release Dates:

1. 12 July 1994 (Australian premiere - Sydney). Released commercially in Australia on 28 July 1994. Exhibited at the 1994 Montréal World Film Festival (Canada), 1994 Toronto Film Festival (Canada); 1995 London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (UK); 1995 Cleveland International Film Festival (USA), and two Australian Film Festivals held in 2003 in Colombia and the Philippines. Released commercially in the USA (8 March 1995) and Spain (8 July 1996).

2. Released on videocassette format in 1994 by Southern Star Home Video. Released on DVD format in 2002 by Kaleidoscope Films

Location:

Sydney, New South Wales. Exterior locations included The Botanical Gardens and Darling Harbour.

Post Production:

Spectrum Films International

Awards:

Sydney Film Festival (1994), Most Popular Film (winner)
Cleveland International Film Festival (1995), Best Film (winner)
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards (1995), Best Supporting Actor - John Poulson (winner)
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards (1995), Best Actor - Jack Thompson (winner)
Australian Film Institute Awards (1994), Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Deborah Kennedy (nomination)
Australian Film Institute Awards (1994), Best Actor in a Supporting Role - John Poulson (nomination)
Australian Film Institute Awards (1994), Best Achievement in Sound - John Dennison John Patterson Leo Sullivan Tony Vaccher (nomination)
Australian Film Institute Awards (1994), Best Achievement in Editing - Frans Vandenburg (nomination)
Australian Film Institute Awards (1994), Best Film (nomination)

Notes:

Also known as Die Summe der Gefühle and Immer Ärger mit der Liebe (Germany), La Somme de nous Tous (Canada - French title), Nosotros dos (Spain), Nossa Essência (cable TV), Um Caso de Amor (Brazil), and Uudet Heilat (Finland).

Subjects:

Settings:

Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,
Balmain, Glebe - Leichhardt - Balmain area, Sydney Inner West, Sydney, New South Wales,

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