| Uniform Title |
Sweet country (Motion picture : 2017) |
| Title |
Sweet country. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed in Australia by Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd, ©2018. |
| ©2017 |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (108 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. Cultural sensitivity advisory notice: Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this item may contain names, recordings, images, photographs, illustrations and text of deceased people and other content that may be culturally sensitive. |
| Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment : DJ1364. |
| Originally produced in Australia and released as a motion picture in 2017. |
| Special features : behind the scenes ; Sam Neill & Bryan Brown ; Warwick & Dylan Thornton ; David Tranter - the true story of 'Sweet country'. |
| WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the following program may contain images and voices of deceased persons. |
| Credits |
Director, Warwick Thornton ; producers, Greer Simpkin, David Jowsey ; screenwriters, David Tranter, Steven McGregor. |
| Performers |
Hamilton Morris, Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, Thomas M. Wright, Matt Day, Ewen Leslie, Anni Finsterer, Gibson JohnTremayne Doolan, Trevon Doolan, Natassia Gorey-Furber. |
| Summary |
Inspired by real events, Sweet Country is a period western set in 1929 in the outback of Northern Territory, Australia. Sam is a middle-aged Aboriginal farmer in the outback of Australia's Northern Territory. He is sent by a preacher to help a bitter war veteran named Harry renovate the latter's cattle yards. Sam's relationship with Harry quickly deteriorates, resulting in a fight ending with Sam killing Harry in self-defence. For the murder of a white man, Sam is now on the run from the law with his wife across the deadly outback. A manhunt for the farmer is on, led by Sergeant Fletcher, but questions of justice start to surface among the community as the true details of the murder come to light. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : MA15+. |
| System details |
DVD video, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, PAL, region 4, anamorphic widescreen 2.40:1. |
| Language note |
English dialogue ; [CC] English Captions: (Descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired), [AD] English Audio Description: (Descriptive narration for the vision impaired). |
| Subjects |
Aboriginal Australians -- Drama |
| Farmers, Aboriginal Australian -- Drama |
| Manslaughter -- Drama |
| Fugitives from justice -- Drama |
| Feature films -- Australia |
| Motion pictures, Australian |
| Northern Territory -- History -- 20th century -- Drama |
| Genre |
Historical films |
| First Nations. Western films |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Video recordings for people with visual disabilities |
| Other Names |
Thornton, Warwick director. |
| Morris, Hamilton actor. |
| Neill, Sam actor. |
| Wright, Thomas M., 1983- actor. |
| Day, Matt, 1971- actor. |
| Leslie, Ewen, 1980- actor. |
| Finsterer, Anni actor. |
| John, Gibson actor. |
| Doolan, Tremayne actor. |
| Doolan, Trevon actor. |
| Added Corporate Names |
Screen Australia presenter. |
| Screen NSW (New South Wales) presenter. |
| South Australian Film Corporation presenter. |
| Screen Territory presenter. |
| Memento Films presenter. |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Authors:
- Day, Matt, 1971- .
- Doolan, Tremayne .
- Doolan, Trevon .
- Finsterer, Anni .
- John, Gibson .
- Leslie, Ewen, 1980- .
- Memento Films .
- Morris, Hamilton .
- Neill, Sam .
- Screen Australia .
- Screen NSW (New South Wales) .
- Screen Territory .
- South Australian Film Corporation .
- Thornton, Warwick .
- Wright, Thomas M., 1983- .
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