| Uniform Title |
The water diviner (Motion picture : 2014) |
| Title |
The water diviner. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Australia, ©2015. |
| ©2014. |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (111 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment : DF0264. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 2018. |
| Co-production between Australia and United States. |
| Inspired by a line in a letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Cyril Hughes, a worker in the Imperial War Graves unit, who was recovering the dead after the war. The line in the letter, a footnote in a much more detailed account, simply said, "One old chap managed to get here from Australia, looking for his son's grave" this became the basis for the screenplay written by archaeologist, writer and University of Melbourne Arts alumnus, Andrew Anastasios and (co-writer) Andrew Knight. |
| Bonus feature: Making of The Water Diviner. |
| Credits |
Directed by Russell Crowe, produced by Troy Lum, Andrew Mason, Keith Rodger, written by Andrew Knight and Andrew Anastasios. |
| Performers |
Russell Crowe, Olga Kurylenko, Yilmaz Erdogan, Cem Yilmaz, Jai Courtney, Jacqueline McKenzie. |
| Summary |
Constantinople, 1919, Joshua Connor, an Australian farmer, arrives in Turkey to fulfil a pledge made on his wife's grave - to find the bodies of their three sons, lost in battle in Gallipoli, and bring them home. In the enemy city Connor meets Orhan, a mischievous Turkish boy, and his mother Ayshe, who is struggling to keep her family hotel afloat and rebuild her life after the war. Connor can trace life-giving water under the earth, but finding his sons at Gallipoli seems impossible when faced with the gruesome landscape of sun-bleached bones and rotting uniforms. But a Turkish officer gives the broken father hope where there was none - Connor's eldest son may still be alive. As Connor risks his life travelling into the heart of Anatolia one question haunts him: If his son is alive why hasn't he come home? An Epic, Brutal, Passionate and Inspiring Story. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : M. |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Stereo ; PAL ; Region 2, 4 ; Anamorphic widescreen 2.39:1. |
| Language note |
English. [CC] English Captions [descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired]. [AD] English Audio Description (Descriptive narration for the vision impaired). |
| Awards note |
AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor 2015 Yilmaz Erdogan ; AACTA Award for Best Film 2015 ; AACTA Award for Best Costume Design 2015, Tess Schofield. |
| Subjects |
Farmers -- Australia -- Drama |
| Families -- Australia -- Drama |
| Mothers and sons -- Drama |
| Fathers and sons -- Drama |
| Soldiers -- Drama |
| Repatriation of war dead -- Fiction |
| Australians -- Turkey -- Drama |
| Gallipoli Campaign, 1915-1916 -- Drama |
| World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia -- Drama |
| World War, 1914-1918 -- Casualties -- Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula -- Australia -- Drama |
| Feature films -- Australia |
| Motion pictures, Australian |
| Istanbul (Turkey) -- Drama |
| Genre |
War films |
| Historical films |
| Fiction films |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Video recordings for people with visual disabilities |
| Other Names |
Crowe, Russell, 1964- actor, director. |
| Lum, Troy producer. |
| Mason, Andrew producer. |
| Rodger, Keith producer. |
| Knight, Andrew, 1953- screenwriter. |
| Anastasios, Andrew author, screenwriter. |
| Kurylenko, Olga, 1979- actor. |
| Erdoğan, Yılmaz, 1967- actor. |
| Yılmaz, Cem, 1973- actor. |
| Courtney, Jai actor. |
| McKenzie, Jacqueline, 1967- actor. |
| Added Corporate Names |
Fear of God Films production company |
| Hopscotch Features production company |
| RatPac Entertainment (Firm) production company |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Broader Subject References:
Authors:
- Anastasios, Andrew .
- Courtney, Jai .
- Crowe, Russell, 1964- .
- Erdoğan, Yılmaz, 1967- .
- Fear of God Films .
- Hopscotch Features .
- Knight, Andrew, 1953- .
- Kurylenko, Olga, 1979- .
- Lum, Troy .
- Mason, Andrew .
- McKenzie, Jacqueline, 1967- .
- RatPac Entertainment (Firm) .
- Rodger, Keith .
- Yılmaz, Cem, 1973- .
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