The true story of Alexander Pearce, Australia's most notorious convict. In 1822, he and seven fellow convicts escaped from Macquarie Harbour, a place of ultra banishment and punishment, only to find a world less forgiving.. the Australian...
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Robert Greenhill
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Paul Ashcroft | ... |
Thomas Bodenham
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John Francis Howard | ... |
Little Brown
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Torquil Neilson | ... |
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Russ Pirie | ... |
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Alexander Pearce
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Greg Stone | ... |
William Kennerly
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Alexander Dalton
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| Maggie Miles | ... | producer |
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| Jonathan auf der Heide | ||
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The true story of Alexander Pearce, Australia's most notorious convict. In 1822, he and seven fellow convicts escaped from Macquarie Harbour, a place of ultra banishment and punishment, only to find a world less forgiving.. the Australian wilderness. Written by Anonymous |
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| Budget | AUD20,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | Awards received by this film: 2007 Village Roadshow Award for Best Film (Hell's Gates); 2007 Film Victoria Award for Best 3rd Year Production (Hell's Gates); 2007 National Film and Sound Archive Award for Best Director (Hell's Gates); 2007 Emerging Film Maker 2008 - Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) (Hell's Gates); 2008 Best Student Film - Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) (Hell's Gates); and 2008 Brian Robinson Script Award (Hell's Gates). See more » |
| Movie Connections | Followed by Van Diemen's Land (2009). See more » |
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This thief colony might hereafter become a great empire, whose nobles will probably, like the nobles of Rome, boast of their blood - Thomas Keneally See more » |