Aftershocks (film)

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Aftershocks
Directed byGeoff Burton
Written byPaul Brown
Produced byJulia Overton
StarringJeremy Sims, Lorna Lesley, Lynette Curran and Susie Porter.
Music byPaul Charlier
Running time
90 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Aftershocks is a 1998 Australian TV film based on the theatre production of the same name about the 1989 Newcastle earthquake,[1] focussing on the Newcastle Workers Club.

Plot

The story of survivors of the 1989 Newcastle earthquake that destroyed the Newcastle Workers Club.

Cast

Production

Aftershocks went into production in August 1998 with filming beginning with the Newcastle Foreshore, Cooks Hill and the Newcastle Workers Club before moving to Sydney.[2] The original play and the film adaptation takes words straight from interviews of people who were at the club at the time. Actors Lynette Curran and Jeremy Sims reprise there roles from the play.[3]

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald's Ali Gripper wrote "Aftershocks has the advantage of being based on fact. The characters speak so eloquently for themselves that there is no real need to introduce a narrative, or dialogue, or even music."[4]

Awards

References

  1. ^ Sue, Williams (29 November 1998), "No thanks for quake memory", Herald Sun
  2. ^ Joyce, James (4 August 1998), "Newcastle braces for rumble with artistic aftershocks", Newcastle Herald
  3. ^ Haas, Lynette (24 December 1998), "Shaken and stirred by Newcastle", The Courier Mail
  4. ^ Anderson, Doug (12 March 2004), "Go Big (2004)", The Sydney Morning Herald
  5. ^ Page, Donna (15 November 1999), "Sims wins for role as hero of quake", Newcastle Herald
  6. ^ "The major nominations", The Advertiser, 14 October 1999

External links

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