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Screencap from promotional trailer.
form y separately published work icon The Slap series - publisher   film/TV  
Adaptation of The Slap Christos Tsiolkas , 2008 single work novel
Note: Individual episodes written by Alice Bell, Emily Ballou, Brendan Cowell, Kris Mrksa and Cate Shortland; script producer, Tony Ayres; story consultant, Christos Tsiolkas.
Issue Details: First known date: 2011... 2011 The Slap
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Film Details - ABC Television ; Matchbox Pictures , 2011

Producers:

Tony Ayres, Helen Bowden, Michael McMahon; Executive Producer: Penny Chapman; Associate Producer: Christos Tsiolkas

Production Companies:

A Matchbox Pictures production for ABC TV

Cast:

Hector - Jonathan Lapaglia
Aisha - Sophie Okonedo
Rosie - Melissa George
Harry - Alex Dimitriades
Anouk - Essie Davis
Manolis - Lex Marinos
Connie - Sophie Lowe
Richie - Blake Davis
Gary - Anthony Hayes
Sandi - Diana Glenn
Koula - Toula Yiannis
Hugo - Julian Mineo
Adam - Adrian Van Der Heyden
Melissa - Liberty Townsend
Rocco - Raffaele Costabile
Elisavet - Eugenia Fragos
Angeliki - Caitlin Tsiolkas
Sava - George Vasilakakos
Bilal - Tony Briggs
Shamira - Peta Brady
Rachel - Gillian Jones
Rhys - Oliver Ackland
Cooper - Paul Ireland
Dylan - Ashley Zukerman
Kelly - Katherine Halliday
Andrew - Steve Mouzakis
Alex - Aris Gounaris
Con - Cihangir Tohumcuer
Van - Hung Le
Tasha - Maude Davey

Release Dates:

First screened on ABC1 in eight weekly instalments, 6 October to 24 November 2011.

Screened in the UK on BBC4 in eight weekly instalments, 27 October to 15 December 2011.

Began screening in the USA on 15 February 2012.


Location:

  • Filmed on location in Melbourne from 19 January to 4 April 2011.

Notes:

ABC TV Head of Fiction: Carole Sklan
The American release trailer is available here: http://news.directv.com/2012/02/13/the-slap-makes-its-u-s-premiere-this-wednesday/ (Sighted 13/02/12)

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