Kings in Grass Castles - 2-DVD Set

Kings in Grass Castles - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Australian Film Institute
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

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

Running Time:
196 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1998 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
John Woods

Written By:
Mary Durack
Tony Morphett

Actors:
Rafe Andrews ..... M. P. (aged 7)
Stewart Armstrong ..... Mr Robbins
Craig Ashley ..... Jarrold
Maurie Barlin ..... Dinnie Skehan
Donal Beecher ..... James Maguire
Michael Butcher ..... Maloney
Alan Cinis ..... Auctioneer
Peter Corbett ..... Darby
Imelda Corcoran ..... Poor Mary
Cormac Costello ..... Skinner
Max Cullen ..... Mr. Costello
Margaret D'Arcy ..... Mammy Amy
Essie Davis ..... Mary Costello
Conal De Huggard ..... Young Michael
Michael K. DeVaney
Stephen Dillane ..... Patsy
Ernie Dingo ..... Jimmy
Peter Driffield ..... Vicar
Marcus Eyre ..... Fruin
Fionnula Flanagan ..... Bridget Durack
James Fox ..... Longman
Patrick Frost ..... Clerk of Works
Sean Gilroy ..... Father McAlroy
Marc Grey ..... M. P. (aged 21)
Derek Halligan ..... Rent Collector
Trevor Jamieson ..... Boontamurra Youth
Nick Jasprizza ..... Big Johnnie
Wayne Scott Kermond ..... Stumpy Michael
Ningali Lawford ..... Valley
Julian Leather ..... Long Michael
Alice Livingstone ..... Margaret Darby
Tom Long ..... Pat Tully
Scott Lowe ..... Inspector Gilmour
Susan Lynch ..... Sarah
Elspeth MacTavish ..... Mrs Longman
Des McAleer ..... Michael
Peter McDonald ..... Game Keeper
T.P. McKenna ..... Lord Dunraven
Ingrid Menge ..... Kate McInnes
Stanley Mirindo ..... Dinnakin
Sharon Mitchell ..... Koorie Jane
David Ngoombujarra ..... Burrakin
Vicki Ngurruwuthum ..... Burrakin's wife
Niki Owen ..... Maid
Damian Pike ..... John Costello
Susan Rigg ..... Mrs Robbins
Brian Rooney ..... J. W. (aged 19)
Paul Shillingsworth ..... Koorie Bill
Robert Simper ..... Sergeant Moreton
Ritchie Singer ..... Mr Emanuel
Carl Snell ..... J. W. (aged 5)
Maggie Steed ..... Mrs Costello
Gary Vincent ..... Photographer

Synopsis:

A first-class Australian historical miniseries featuring Essie Davis, Ernie Dingo, Max Cullen, Tom Longand based on the best-selling memoirs of Dame Mary Durack, Kings In Grass Castlesis an epic drama tracing three generations ofa pioneeringfamily and their tumultuous settlement in colonial Australia. Fleeing the Irish potato famine of 1853, the Durack family search for a better life in a harsh land of infinite possibilities, rich with rewards ready for the taking. Led by patriarch Patsy Durack (AFI Award winner Stephen Dillane, John Adams), they set about developing the extraordinary Kimberley Region, establishing a dynamic network of sheep and cattle properties throughout the countryside. Throughout their pioneering endeavours, the Duracks forge friendships with the many local indigenous people, including enigmatic Burrakin (David Ngoombujarra, Australia) and Jimmy (Ernie Dingo, Bran Nue Dae), discovering the severe hardship andtragedyof a people suddenly removed from their ancestral lands. Also featuring James Fox (Sherlock Holmes), Fionulla Flanagan (Lost),and from the award-winning writer of Against The Wind and The Dirtwater Dynasty, Kings In Grass Castles is an epic story of family historyset againstthe turbulence ofnational pride.

Miniseries based on the memoirs of the late Dame Mary Durack, of an Irish migrant family during Australia's pioneering 1850s.

The life of an Irish immigrant family in Australia in the second half of the 19th century.

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