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Australian Cinema Classics
THE DAVID WILLIAMSON COLLECTION, VOL 1
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About the DVD
Director: VARIOUSFormat: NTSC
Language: ENGLISH
Region: All
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Number of Discs: 4
Rating: MA15+
DVD Release Date: 01/09/2007
Run Time: 420 mins
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Special features
- DON’S PARTY
Theatrical trailer - TRAVELLING NORTH
"FROM STAGE TO SCREEN - TRAVELLING NORTH" - Interview featurette with Writer David Williamson, Julia Blake & Henri Szeps - Original Cast Screen Tests (Leo McKern, Julia Blake & Henri Szeps)
- Photo Gallery
- Cast Profiles - Leo McKern, Julia Blake & Graham Kennedy
David Williamson Featurette: "Compulsive Playwright" - Theatrical Trailer
- FOUR MINUTE MILE
Introduction from scriptwriter David Williamson
Info About The Film, Biographies, Aussie Trailers - THE REMOVALISTS
Interview with David Williamson
Synopsis
Australia’s greatest living playwright, David Williamson skewered contemporary Australian life with witty stories of sex, sport and social politics. His hit plays inevitably made the leap from stage to screen, and into cinema history, with Williamson-scripted films such as Don’s Party, The Club and Gallipoli winning him 3 AFI awards for best screenplay. These Williamson-penned film classics cover the breadth of his celebrated screenwriting career.
Don’s Party (1975), 90 min
Adapted by Williamson from his own hit stage play, winner of 5 AFI awards, directed by Bruce Beresford (Breaker Morant, The Club), and featuring an all-star cast including Graham Kennedy, John Hargreaves, and Ray Barrett, Don’s Party is a riotous look at middle Australia on election night.
The Removalist (1975), 85 min
This classic adaptation of a popular Williamson play stars John Hargreaves (Don’s Party) and Peter Cummins (Storm Boy) as good and bad cops who assist a battered wife in the removal of furniture from her belligerent husband’s flat.
Travelling North (1987), 93 min
A crotchety old man (Leo Mckern) and his much younger companion (Julia Blake) travel to Queensland to enjoy their retirement but paradise fails to hide some dark secrets. Winner, Best Screenplay, AFI Awards (1987).
Four Minute Mile (1988), 152 min
The true story of John Landy, Roger Bannister and the Race of the Century. It was the sporting equivalent of conquering Everest: running a mile in under four minutes. This classic saga of human endurance is set around one of the greatest moments in sporting history.
Don’s Party (1975), 90 min
Adapted by Williamson from his own hit stage play, winner of 5 AFI awards, directed by Bruce Beresford (Breaker Morant, The Club), and featuring an all-star cast including Graham Kennedy, John Hargreaves, and Ray Barrett, Don’s Party is a riotous look at middle Australia on election night.
The Removalist (1975), 85 min
This classic adaptation of a popular Williamson play stars John Hargreaves (Don’s Party) and Peter Cummins (Storm Boy) as good and bad cops who assist a battered wife in the removal of furniture from her belligerent husband’s flat.
Travelling North (1987), 93 min
A crotchety old man (Leo Mckern) and his much younger companion (Julia Blake) travel to Queensland to enjoy their retirement but paradise fails to hide some dark secrets. Winner, Best Screenplay, AFI Awards (1987).
Four Minute Mile (1988), 152 min
The true story of John Landy, Roger Bannister and the Race of the Century. It was the sporting equivalent of conquering Everest: running a mile in under four minutes. This classic saga of human endurance is set around one of the greatest moments in sporting history.
