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Note: The Straits is based on an idea by Aaron Fa'aoso and developed by Louis Nowra. Nowra is also credited with 'original ideas' on some episodes.
Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 The Straits
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Film Details - Matchbox Pictures ; Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2012

Producers:

Tony Ayres, David Ogilvy, and Carole Sklan (executive producers).
Penny Chapman and Helen Panckhurst (producers).
Aaron Fa'aoso (associate producer).
Esther Rodewald (line producer).
Tim Pye (script producer).

Production Companies:

Matchbox Pictures.

Finance Organisations:

Produced with assistance from ABC TV, Screen Queensland, Screen NSW, Screen Australia, Screen Tasmania, and international distributor DCD Rights

Director of Photography:

Joseph Pickering and Mark Wareham.

Editors:

Nicole LaMacchia and Nicholas Holmes.

Production Designers:

Felicity Abbott.

Cast:

Including Brian Cox (Harry Montebello), Rena Owen (Kitty Montebello), Aaron Fa'aoso (Noel Montebello), Jimi Bani (Marou Montebello), Firass Dirani (Gary Montebello), Suzannah Bayes-Morton (Sissi Montebello), Emma Lung (Lola Montebello), Andy Anderson (Vince), Kate Jenkinson (Antoinette Montebello), Cramer Cain (Eddie), Rachael Blake (Natasha), Tasia Zalar (Bridget), Chris Thiesfield (Frank the Pilot), and Jasper Bagg (Two Stroke).

Release Dates:

2 February 2012.

Location:

  • Filmed in Far North Queensland.

Notes:

List of episodes:
1. The Proposition (Nick Parsons)
2. The Trouble with Raskols (Nick Parsons and Jaime Browne)
3. Yawor My Lovely (Blake Ayshford)
4. The Hunt for Vlad (Blake Ayshford)
5. Epiphanies (Nick Parsons)
6. The Price (Blake Ayshford)
7. Poison (Kristen Dunphy)
8. The Big Mistake (Nick Parsons)
9. Dead Reckoning (Nick Parsons)
10. Fatherhood (Blake Ayshford)

Subjects:
Settings:
  • Torres Strait Islands, Queensland,
  • Cairns area, Ingham - Cairns area, Queensland,
  • c
    Papua New Guinea,
    c
    Pacific Region,
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