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Overview

User Rating:
7.6/10   82 votes
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Director:

Raymond Quint

Writer:

Sue Smith (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

13 May 2007 (Australia) more

Genre:

Drama more

Awards:

2 wins & 5 nominations more

User Comments:

Riveting drama, and not "one sided" more (10 total)


Cast

  (Series Cast overview, first billed only)
Colin Friels ... John Coombs
Geoff Morrell ... Chris Corrigan
Jack Thompson ... Tony Tully
Daniel Frederiksen ... Greg Combet

Anthony Hayes ... Sean McSwain
Justin Smith ... Josh Bornstein
Rhys Muldoon ... Julian Burnside, QC
Daniel Wyllie ... Brendan Tully
Justine Clarke ... Janine McSwain
Lucy Bell ... Petra Hilsen
Caroline Craig ... Tali Bernard
Deborah Kennedy ... Gwen Coombs

Helen Thomson ... Valerie Corrigan
Joanna Hunt-Prokhovnik ... Anna Combet
Francis Greenslade ... Bill Kelty
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Additional Details

Runtime:

Australia:225 min (2 Parts)

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1 more

Certification:

Australia:M


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6 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Riveting drama, and not "one sided", 19 May 2007
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Author: roryo-2 from Australia

I only write a comment because I was so annoyed at the allegation that this was one sided on the trade union side and typical of so called ABC bias. If I have a criticism of it, it's because it's a bit "soft left" and hedges its bets each way. The bit it glosses over is about the emasculation of the union movement (the "class war" in Australia has been entirely waged by the present government, not by unions) - the laws even then were blatantly pro-employer and anti-union, and have just got worse with time. In any case I was hooked on the recreation, so just judged purely as drama it's riveting (I especially liked Morrell's portrayal of Corrigan). Even if you remember the events and don't normally watch political films you should still see it - if you don't remember or don't know much about it, even more so.

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