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Down the Wind

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Down the Wind
Directed byScott Hicks
Kim McKenzie
Written byKim McKenzie
Produced byScott Hicks
StarringDavid Cameron
Penne Hackforth-Jones
CinematographyGus Howard
Edited byKim McKenzie
Production
company
Chrysalis Films
Release date
  • 28 August 1975 (1975-08-28)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetAU$22,000[1]

Down the Wind is a 1975 Australian film which marked the directorial debut of Scott Hicks. He made it shortly after graduating from university.[2]

Plot

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Photographer Simon Jess is given an assignment to shoot backgrounds in the Snowy Mountains.

Cast

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Production

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The film was the second of two joint projects between Hicks and Kim McKenzie. They had previously made The Wanderer (1974) together.

The budget was mostly provided by the Film, Television and Radio Board of the Australian Council.[1]

Release

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Screenings of the film were minimal.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 292
  2. ^ Nick Dawson, 'SCOTT HICKS, “GLASS: A PORTRAIT OF PHILIP IN TWELVE PARTS” ', Filmmaker Magazine, 18 April 2008 accessed 28 Sept 2012
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