| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) |
| Playing Time |
Duration: 100 minutes |
| Note |
Title from title frames. |
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In Process Record. |
| Event |
Originally produced by Umbrella Entertainment in 1986. |
| Summary |
D.H. Lawrence, one of the greatest modernist novelists, wrote Kangaroo as a semi-autobiographical account of his 1922 visit to Australia. andnbspPioneer Australian director Tim Burstall's adaptation casts Colin Friels as mild-mannered English novelist Richard Somers and Judy Davis as his wife Harriet. (Davis delivers a brilliant, AFI award-winning performance.).andampnbspThe Somers leave Europe in the early '20s for a new life in Australia. The couple are captivated by the openness and hospitality with which they are received, but they are soon enveloped in a web of political intrigue, adultery and murder as they become involved in battles between the rising trade unions and an underground fascist group led by "Kangaroo", the code-name for its charismatic but dangerous leader. Kangaroo was Burstall's finest theatrical film and through its AFI award-winning achievements in performance and period costume design, stands as a testament to a remarkable career. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In English |
| Indexed Term |
Movies |
| Added Author |
Kanopy (Firm)
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| Music No. |
1089607 Kanopy |
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