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Waterfront (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
225 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1984 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Chris Thomson

Written By:
Mac Gudgeon

Actors:
Jack Thompson ..... Maxey Woodbury
Greta Scacchi ..... Anna Cheri
Frank Gallacher ..... Paddy
Chris Haywood ..... Ernie
Tony Rickards ..... Snowy
Mark Little ..... Allan
Jay Mannering ..... Davo
Ray Barrett ..... Sam Elliott
Warren Mitchell ..... Les
Noni Hazlehurst ..... Maggie
Simon Chilvers
Elin Jenkins
John Karlsen
Bruce Atkins

Synopsis:

Waterfront begins in one of the watershed years of this century, 1928. There is the spectre of the Great Depression, increasingly rancorous class divisions, industrial disputes and rising unemployment. As the politicians watch for the most opportune moments to call and win an election, waterside workers around the country strike. Eventually, all except those in Melbourne return to work, the strike broken by the bosses' employment of unwitting Italian labourers, who, like the Australian workers, are hungry for work. As the Melbourne wharfies continue to strike, too innocent and eager to consider that their struggle might be used as a pawn in a bigger, more sinister game, the issues of racism and survival are brought to the fore. Among this complex analysis of race and class are a wharfie, Maxey Woodbury (Jack Thompson) and an upper-class Italian migrant Anna Chieri (Greta Scacchi), whose roles encapsulate the situation at large. Waterfront is an impossible love story set against a background of political and social violence. A story full of bitterness and racism that formed the early days of migration in Australia.

When a pay cut sends Australian dock workers on strike, a group of Italian immigrants are hired to take their place, causing much resentment and hatred on both sides. However, when an Italian woman and an Australian man start up a passionate affair, they discover that they must work to preserve their relationship and stay true to their fellow countrymen.

TV Miniseries set in Melbourne in 1928, a time of rising umemployment. Screenplay by Max Gudgeon.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 04 April, 2009.

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