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Australian rules

Author: Paul GoldmanSimon WestawayKevin HarringtonLuke CarrollMark LazarusAll authors
Publisher: Moore Park, NSW : Twentieth Century Fox, ©2003.
Edition/Format:   DVD video : PAL color broadcast system : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Australian rules is the story of 16 year old Gary Black, average football player, budding wordsmith and reluctant hero. Gary helps his Australian Rules football team win the local championship by accident, but celebrations turn to violence when Gary's Aboriginal best friend, Dumby Red, is denied the "Best and fairest" medal because of the racism of local officials. In a night when the town's racial tensions boil  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Drama
Material Type: Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material
All Authors / Contributors: Paul Goldman; Simon Westaway; Kevin Harrington; Luke Carroll; Mark Lazarus; Tom Budge; Nathan Phillips; Lisa Flanagan; Celia Ireland; Phillip Gwynne; Australian Children's Television Foundation.; South Australian Film Corporation.; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.; Australian Film Finance Corporation.; Special Broadcasting Service Corporation.; Adelaide Festival Corporation.; Tidy Town Pictures.; Premium Movie Partnership.
OCLC Number: 223517132
Notes: "C2002 Australian Film Finance Corporation Ltd, the Premium Movie Partnership, Adelaide Festival Corporation, South Australian Film Corporation, Special Broadcasting Service Corporation and Tidy Town Pictures Pty Ltd"--Container.
Based on the novel Deadly Unna? by Phillip Gwynne.
Region 4 DVD.
1.85:1 aspect ratio.
Credits: Producer, Mark Lazarus ; director, Paul Goldman ; screenplay, Phillip Gwynne with Paul Goldman.
Cast: Nathan Phillips, Luke Carroll, Lisa Flanagan, Tom Budge, Simon Westaway, Celia Ireland, Kevin Harrington.
Awards: Official selection, 2002 Sundance Film Festival. Nominated for 6 Australian Film Institute Awards and 8 Australian Film Circle Awards.
Target Audience: 15+
Description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Details: Colour recording system: PAL.

Abstract:

Australian rules is the story of 16 year old Gary Black, average football player, budding wordsmith and reluctant hero. Gary helps his Australian Rules football team win the local championship by accident, but celebrations turn to violence when Gary's Aboriginal best friend, Dumby Red, is denied the "Best and fairest" medal because of the racism of local officials. In a night when the town's racial tensions boil over, Dumby Red is shot and killed and Gary becomes entangled in a conflict with his fellow townspeople, including his father.

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