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Adaptation of Tomorrow, When the War Began John Marsden , 1993 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 Tomorrow, When the War Began
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Seven teenagers camp in a remote and idyllic location deep in the countryside. But that night, they see the sky filled with military aircraft, and return home to find their houses deserted and the locals detained in the showground. Escaping detection, the teenagers form themselves into a guerilla unit, hoping to prevent the invading Coalition Nations from bringing any more troops in by destroying the only bridge to nearby Cobbler's Bay, where the troop ships are moored.

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  • The trailer for this film is available to watch via YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_KhErNyiq8 (Sighted: 13/7/2012)

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  • Preppers and Survivalism in the AustLit Database

    This work has been affiliated with the Preppers and Survivalism project due to its relationship to either prepping or prepper-inflected survivalism more generally, and contains one or more of the following:

    1. A strong belief in some imminent threat
    2. Taking active steps to prepare for that perceived threat

    • A range of activities not necessarily associated with ‘prepping’ take on new significance, when they are undertaken with the express purpose of preparing for and/or surviving perceived threats, e.g., gardening, abseiling.
    • The plausibility of the threat, and the relative “reasonable-ness” of the response, don’t affect this definition. E.g., if someone is worried about climate change and climate disasters, and they respond by moving from a riverbank location in Cairns, or to a highland region of New Zealand, this makes them a prepper. If someone else is worried about brainwashing rays from outer space, and they respond by making a tinfoil hat, that makes them a prepper. 

    3. A character or characters (or text) who self-identify as a ‘prepper’, or some synonymous/modified term: ‘financial preppers’, ‘weekend preppers’, ‘fitness preppers’, etc.

    As a tier two work, this text has been identified as key to prepping in a broader, more conceptual relationship. These texts have been classified as ‘key’ prepper-adjacent texts that are important to prepping, even if they themselves are not about prepping or do not include preppers. These texts have been identified in the database through various means such as interviews with preppers, scholarship on preppers, and online prepper forums.

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Big Screen Battles : The Making of Tomorrow, When the War Began Cara Nash , 2017 single work column
— Appears in: FilmInk , 30 August 2017;
The 100 Best Australian Films of the New Millenium Erin Free , Dov Kornits , Travis Johnson , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: FilmInk , 22 September 2016;
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— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 22 December 2011; (p. 51)
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Popcorn Year for Australian Cinema Matthew Westwood , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 21 January 2011; (p. 3)
Home-Grown Flicks a Hit Vicky Roach , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 21 January 2011; (p. 24)
Generation Next Ebru Yaman , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 July 2010; (p. 5,8)

— Review of Tomorrow Series John Marsden , 1993 series - author novel ; Tomorrow, When the War Began Stuart Beattie , 2009 single work film/TV
Yaman comments on the re-release of Marsden's series and the national release of the film adaptation of Tomorrow When the War Began.
Lewis Looks to 'Tomorrow' Geoff Shearer , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 21 - 22 August 2010; (p. 4-5)

— Review of Tomorrow, When the War Began Stuart Beattie , 2009 single work film/TV
Teens in the Line of Fire Evan Williams , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 4-5 September 2010; (p. 16)

— Review of Tomorrow, When the War Began Stuart Beattie , 2009 single work film/TV
Tomorrow, When the Series Began James Joyce , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 4 September 2010; (p. 34)

— Review of Tomorrow, When the War Began Stuart Beattie , 2009 single work film/TV
Adventure Slips on the Soap Tom Ryan , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 5 September 2010; (p. 22) The Sun-Herald , 5 September 2010; (p. 7)

— Review of Tomorrow, When the War Began Stuart Beattie , 2009 single work film/TV
Race of Invaders Hidden in Aussie Film Michael Bodey , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12-13 September 2009; (p. 10)
Michael Bodey reports on the decision of filmmakers to keep the racial identity of the military invaders 'indistinct' in the film adaptation of John Marsden's Tomorrow When the War Began.
September, When the War Began Andrew Wrathall , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August vol. 90 no. 1 2010; (p. 30)
Asian Invasion for Film of Marsden Classic Karl Quinn , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 14 August 2010; (p. 12)
Film Adaptation a Teen Sensation Kylie Northover , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 12 August 2010; (p. 28)
Write of Passage John Marsden , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21-22 August 2010; (p. 6-7)
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