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The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
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Thomas Keneally (novel)
Fred Schepisi (writer)
Release Date:
21 June 1978 (Australia) more
Tagline:
The chant of the underdog more
Plot:
The true story of a part aboriginal man who finds the pressure of adapting to white culture intolerable... more | add synopsis
Awards:
3 wins & 10 nominations more
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Important story... more (8 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Tommy Lewis | ... | Jimmie Blacksmith |
| Freddy Reynolds | ... | Mort Blacksmith |
| Ray Barrett | ... | Farrell |
| Jack Thompson | ... | Rev. Neville |
| Angela Punch McGregor | ... | Gilda Marshall (as Angela Punch) |
| Steve Dodds | ... | Tabidgi |
| Peter Carroll | ... | McCready |
| Ruth Cracknell | ... | Mrs. Heather Newby |
| Don Crosby | ... | Newby |
| Elizabeth Alexander | ... | Petra Graf |
| Peter Sumner | ... | Dowie Steed |
| Tim Robertson | ... | Healey |
| Ray Meagher | ... | Dud Edmonds |
| Brian Anderson | ... | Hyberry |
| Jane Harders | ... | Mrs. Healey |
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120 min | USA:108 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Iceland:16 | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | UK:X (original rating) | Australia:M | Australia:R (queensland only) | UK:18 | Norway:18
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Referenced in Yellow Fella (2005) more
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Thomas Keneally's THE CHANT OF JIMMIE BLACKSMITH was thoughtfully and intelligently brought to the screen in this 1978 adaptation. While it's becoming dated now (note the scenes which depict violence), it remains one of Australia's most important films, even though it portrays incidents which occurred over one hundred years ago. (For those who are unaware, Australian novelist Keneally also wrote SCHINDLER'S ARK, the novel from which Spielberg's multi-Oscar winner SCHINDLER'S LIST was adapted. Upon release, it was certainly a 9 or 10 (out of 10), but those who have already learned the lesson contained within it may only give it 6 or 7, due to the film's general quality (acting included). 7/10