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Sweet country [videorecording] / Samuel Goldwyn Film presents ; Screen Australia and South Australia Film Corporation and Screen NSW ; screenplay by David Tranter and Steven McGregor ; produced by Greer Simpkin and David Jowsey ; directed by Warwick Thornton.

Summary:

Sam, a middle-aged Aboriginal man, works for a preacher in the outback of Australia's Northern Territory. When Harry, a bitter war veteran, moves into a neighboring outpost, the preacher sends Sam and his family to help Harry renovate his cattle yards. But Sam's relationship with the cruel and ill-tempered Harry quickly deteriorates, culminating in a violent shootout in which Sam kills Harry in self-defense.

Record details

  • ISBN: 043396531017
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (113 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
  • Publisher: Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2018]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Title from container.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Editor, Nick Meyers ; director of photography, Warwick Thornton.
Participant or Performer Note:
Bryan Brown, Hamilton Morris, Thomas M. Wright, Ewen Leslie, Gibson John, Natassia Gorey-Furber, Matt Day, Anni Finsterer, Tremayne Doolan, Trevon Doolan, Sam Neill.
Target Audience Note:
14A.
System Details Note:
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
For private home use only.
Language Note:
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Subject: Indigenous peoples > Fiction.
Self-defense > Fiction.
Murder > Fiction.
Justice > Fiction.
Genre: Western films.
Crime films.
Feature films.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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