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The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
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Release Date:
21 June 1978 (Australia)
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The chant of the underdog more
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The true story of a part aboriginal man who finds the pressure of adapting to white culture intolerable...
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Racism
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Murder Of Family
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Infanticide
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Sex
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3 wins
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10 nominations
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Brilliant Macabre and violent drama
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Tommy Lewis | ... | Jimmie Blacksmith |
| Freddy Reynolds | ... | Mort Blacksmith |
| Ray Barrett | ... | Farrell |
| Jack Thompson | ... | Rev. Neville |
| Angela Punch McGregor | ... | Gilda Marshall (as Angela Punch) |
| Steve Dodds | ... | Tabidgi |
| Peter Carroll | ... | McCready |
| Ruth Cracknell | ... | Mrs. Heather Newby |
| Don Crosby | ... | Newby |
| Elizabeth Alexander | ... | Petra Graf |
| Peter Sumner | ... | Dowie Steed |
| Tim Robertson | ... | Healey |
| Ray Meagher | ... | Dud Edmonds |
| Brian Anderson | ... | Hyberry |
| Jane Harders | ... | Mrs. Healey |
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120 min | USA:108 min
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Colour (Eastmancolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Iceland:16 |
Canada:18+ (Quebec) |
UK:X (original rating) |
Australia:M |
Australia:R (queensland only) |
UK:18 |
Norway:18
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Referenced in Yellow Fella (2005)
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Thomas Keneally's THE CHANT OF JIMMIE BLACKSMITH novel works on so many levels - a period piece, as a biting satire and as a wonderfully composed drama. This film of the same name attempts to capture the poignancy and strength of the original classic novel. It achieves this wonderfully. The film is excellently acted and the violence is both well shot and vibrantly enacted. The score is great too. Also the Australian landscape - not to mention its social underbelly, was never shot with as much insight.
An excellent starting point to understand such great Aussie films like the tracker and rabbit proof fence.
10/10