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Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 Prime Mover
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'Prime Mover is a diesel-charged love story about ambition, pressure, responsibility and the love shared by a man, a woman and his truck.'

Source: Porchlight Films website, http://www.porchlightfilms.com.au
Sighted: 19/08/2008

Production Details

  • World premiere screened at the State Theatre, Sydney, 8 June 2009.

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Works about this Work

Five Metaphors for a Film Festival : The 56th Sydney Film Festival Matthew Clayfield , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , no. 53 2009;
Reel Time Michael Bodey , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 18 November 2009; (p. 17)
A Glimpse of Reason up Ahead William McInnes , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 14 November 2009; (p. 21) The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 November 2009; (p. 8)
Boy Brakes for Girl in Truck Opera Jake Wilson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 12 November 2009; (p. 22)
— Review of Prime Mover David Caesar , 2008 single work film/TV
Heartbreak Rig : A Truckie Gets Lost Paul Byrnes , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12 November 2009; (p. 19)
— Review of Prime Mover David Caesar , 2008 single work film/TV
New Release Tom Ryan , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 1 November 2009; (p. 23) The Sun-Herald , 1 November 2009; (p. 16)
— Review of Prime Mover David Caesar , 2008 single work film/TV
Audience in the Driver's Seat Michael Bodey , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 11 November 2009; (p. 17)
— Review of Prime Mover David Caesar , 2008 single work film/TV
Heartbreak Rig : A Truckie Gets Lost Paul Byrnes , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12 November 2009; (p. 19)
— Review of Prime Mover David Caesar , 2008 single work film/TV
Boy Brakes for Girl in Truck Opera Jake Wilson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 12 November 2009; (p. 22)
— Review of Prime Mover David Caesar , 2008 single work film/TV
A Glimpse of Reason up Ahead William McInnes , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 14 November 2009; (p. 21) The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 November 2009; (p. 8)
Reel Time Michael Bodey , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 18 November 2009; (p. 17)
Five Metaphors for a Film Festival : The 56th Sydney Film Festival Matthew Clayfield , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , no. 53 2009;
The Quirky Working Class Prime Mover Rjurik Davidson , 2009 single work essay
— Appears in: Metro Magazine , December no. 163 2009; (p. 20-24) 'David Caesar's latest film inventiveiy combines sociai realism and surrealism but falls victim to an all-too-familiar trap for Australian films, writes Rjurih Davidson'
Trucks, Dreams, Reality and Contrast : David Caesar On Prime Mover Bruce Andrew (interviewer), 2009 single work interview
— Appears in: Metro Magazine , December no. 163 2009; (p. 26-28) 'Working with trucks on his latest feature film proved harder than expected for Australian writer/director David Caesar. He speaks to Bruce Andrews about the motivation behind making a film about trucking and the importance of contrasts.'
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