Cirrus

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Film Details - John Sexton Productions ; Michael Edgley International , 1983

Producers:

John Sexton.

Production Companies:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Phar Lap Management, and Michael Edgley International.

Director of Photography:

Russell Boyd.

Editors:

Tony Paterson.

Production Designers:

Lawrence Eastwood.

Music:

Bruce Rowland.

Cast:

Including Tom Burlinson (Tommy Woodcock), Richard Morgan ('Cashy' Martin), Robert Grubb (William Nielsen), Martin Vaughan (Harry Telford), Celia De Burgh (Vi Telford), Ron Leibman (Dave Davis), Judy Morris (Bea Davis), James Steele (Jim Pike), Vincent Ball (Lachlan McKinnon), Redmond Phillips (Sir Samuel Hordern), and Peter Whitford (Bert Wolfe).

Release Dates:

11 August 1983 (Australia).

Location:

Filmed in Victoria and New South Wales (including, in New South Wales, Centennial Park, Kurnell Sandhills, and La Perouse).

Awards:

Best Achievement in Editing, AFI Award, 1983.
Best Achievement in Sound, AFI Award, 1983.
Best Original Music Score, AFI Award, 1983.
Best Achievement in Costume Design (nomination), AFI Award, 1983.
Best Film (nomination), AFI Award, 1983.
Best Director (nomination), AFI Award, 1983.
Best Actor in a Lead Role (nomination), AFI Award, 1983.
Golden Reel Award (Best Sound Editing: Foreign Feature), Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA, 1985.