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The chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
Uniform Title
Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (Motion picture)
Title
The chant of Jimmie Blacksmith [videorecording] / The Film House, Victorian Film Corporation ; screenplay by Fred Schepisi ; produced and directed by Fred Scchepisi.
Distribution
New York, NY : Kino Lorber, [2019]
Physical Description
2 videodisc (239 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Medium
4 3/4 in.
stamping
Notes
From the novel by Thomas Keneally.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1978.
Extra features include disc 1,Interview with Fred Schepisi, Ian Baker and Tommy Leiws -- Trailer. Disc 2. Introduction and audio commentary by Fred Schepisi.
"Australian version and bonus features © Umbrella Entertainment Pty Ltd." -- disc surface
Director of photography, Ian Baker ; editer, Brian Kavanagh ; music, Bruce Smeaton.
In English, with optional subtitles in English SDH; closed-captioned in English.
Summary
Jimmie Blacksmith is a young Aboriginal half-caste raised in rural Australia at the turn-of-the-century, a boy initiated by his tribe but also educated by a stern Methodist minister. Looking to gain respectability in colonical society, Jimmie finds a white bride while performing bakc-breaking work on local farms; but cannot escape his skin colour, suffering ongoing racism and oppression. Discovering that he may not be the father of his wife's child, and fired without pay, Jimmie explodes in a fury of violent revenge and escapes into the bush with his brother Mort, cutting a bloody parth of retribution upon the society that has rejected him. In 1901, the year Australian democracy is born, Jimmie Blacksmith finally faces his fate and with it the fate of his people
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 08, 2019
Series
Kino Classics
Credits
Director of photography, Ian Baker ; editer, Brian Kavanagh ; music, Bruce Smeaton.
Cast
Tommy Lewis, Freddy Reynolds, Ray Barrett, Jack Thompson, Angela Punch.
System details note
Blu-ray; region A; aspect ratio 2.35:1; Dolby Digital.
Contents
disc 1: International version (117 minutes)
disc 2: Australian version (122 minutes)
Videorecording number
K23556 Kino Classics
Subjects
Genre/Form
Crime films.
Biographical films.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Also listed under
Film House (Firm), production company.
Victorian Film Corporation, production company.
Umbrella Entertainment (Firm), publisher.
Kino Classics (Firm), publisher.
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