The chant of Jimmie Blacksmith [DVD video]

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Added Author:

Schepisi, Fred, film director, film producer, screen writer, interviewee.

Thompson, Jack, 1940- actor.

Barrett, Ray, 1927-2009, actor.

Reynolds, Freddy, actor.

Lewis, Tommy, 1958-2018, actor.

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Keneally, Thomas. Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith.

Publication Date:

2008

Publication Information:

United States : Industrial Entertainment, 2008.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Abstract:

Dramatization of the life of a half caste torn between his Aboriginal roots and his desire to be part of white society. When he becomes an object of loathing and ridicule, he and his full blood Aborigine brother embark upon an odyssey of murdering whites before he is captured, tried, and executed.

General Note:

Title from opening screens.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1978.

Based on the novel by Thomas Keneally.

Extras: Tommy Lewis interview -- The making of The chant of Jimmie Blacksmith with director Fred Schepisi.

Performers:

Tommy Lewis, Freddy Reynolds, Ray Barrett, Jack Thompson, Angela Punch, Steve Dodds.

Technical Details:

DVD; dual layer; NTSC region 1; 2.35:1 aspect ratio.

Personal Subject:

Keneally, Thomas-Film adaptations.

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