"Cloudstreet" (2011) TV mini-series 2011-

Seasons:

1

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

The lives of two working class Australian families who come to live together at One Cloud Street, over a period of twenty years, 1943 - 1963.

Plot Keywords:

One Word Title | Working Class Family | Fishing | Horse Racing | Gambling

Awards:

4 wins & 12 nominations

Cast

Emma Booth	...	Rose Pickles (3 episodes, 2011)
Kerry Fox	...	Oriel Lamb (3 episodes, 2011)
Geoff Morrell	...	Lester Lamb (3 episodes, 2011)
Todd Lasance	...	Quick Lamb (3 episodes, 2011)
Hugo Johnstone-Burt	...	Fish Lamb (3 episodes, 2011)
Stephen Curry	...	Sam Pickles (3 episodes, 2011)
Essie Davis	...	Dolly Pickles (3 episodes, 2011)
Kelton Pell	...	Bob Crab (3 episodes, 2011)
Ron Haddrick	...	Narrator (3 episodes, 2011)
Oliver Ackland	...	Toby Raven (3 episodes, 2011)
Anna Bauert	...	Alma (3 episodes, 2011)
Doug Gardiner	...	Soldier (3 episodes, 2011)
Sean Keenan	...	Ted Pickles (3 episodes, 2011)
Sarah Louella	...	Darlene (3 episodes, 2011)
Ethan Tomas	...	Geoffrey Birch (3 episodes, 2011)
Shannon Lively	...	Chub Pickles (2 episodes, 2011)
Siobhan Dow-Hall	...	Hat Lamb (2 episodes, 2011)
Melanie Lyons	...	Marjorie Clay (2 episodes, 2011)
Sarah McKellar	...	Elaine Lamb (2 episodes, 2011)
Ben Mortley	...	Gerry Clay (2 episodes, 2011)
David Richardson	...	Beach Boy / ... (2 episodes, 2011)
Adam Sollis	...	Lon Lamb (2 episodes, 2011)
Emma Raine Walker	...	Girlfriend (2 episodes, 2011)
Sean Walsh	...	Mate (2 episodes, 2011)
Jeff Watkins	...	Mint Worker / ... (2 episodes, 2011)
Amanda Woodhams	...	Red Lamb (2 episodes, 2011)

Series Directed by
Matthew Saville		(3 episodes, 2011)

Series Writing credits
Ellen Fontana		(3 episodes, 2011)
Tim Winton		(3 episodes, 2011)

Series Produced by
Bob Campbell	....	executive producer (3 episodes, 2011)
Della Churchill	....	associate producer (3 episodes, 2011)
Sean H. Ferrer	....	executive producer (3 episodes, 2011)
Greg Haddrick	....	executive producer (3 episodes, 2011)
Kirk M. Hallam	....	executive producer (3 episodes, 2011)
Louisa Kors	....	line producer (3 episodes, 2011)
Des Monaghan	....	executive producer (3 episodes, 2011)
Brenda Pam	....	producer (3 episodes, 2011)
Kim Vecera	....	executive producer (3 episodes, 2011)

Series Original Music by
Bryony Marks		(3 episodes, 2011)

Series Cinematography by
Mark Wareham		(3 episodes, 2011)

Series Film Editing by
Geoff Hitchins		(3 episodes, 2011)

Series Casting by
Ann Robinson		(3 episodes, 2011)
Jenni Cohen		(unknown episodes, 2011)

Series Production Design by
Herbert Pinter		(3 episodes, 2011)

Series Set Decoration by
Tania Ferrier		(3 episodes, 2011)
Christine Lynch		(3 episodes, 2011)

Series Costume Design by
Terri Lamera		(3 episodes, 2011)

Series Makeup Department
Hayley Atherton	....	hair stylist / makeup artist (3 episodes, 2011)
Peta Hastings	....	makeup artist (3 episodes, 2011)
Paul Katte	....	special makeup effects designer (3 episodes, 2011)
John Logue	....	key hair stylist (3 episodes, 2011)
Nick Nicolaou	....	special makeup effects designer (3 episodes, 2011)

Series Production Management
Mike Montague	....	unit manager (3 episodes, 2011)
Caroline Scott	....	post-production supervisor (unknown episodes, 2011)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Stuart Morrice	....	third assistant director (3 episodes, 2011)

Series Art Department
Cale Clark	....	standby props (3 episodes, 2011)
Murray Clark	....	construction manager (3 episodes, 2011)
Danielle Fernandes	....	art department coordinator (3 episodes, 2011)
Alexander Locke	....	graphic artist (3 episodes, 2011)
Jennifer McAuliffe	....	art department runner (3 episodes, 2011)
Michael Mulholland	....	buyer/dresser (3 episodes, 2011)
Sam Pasfield	....	greensperson (3 episodes, 2011)
Beau Vance	....	assistant stand-by props (3 episodes, 2011)
Tim Webb	....	standby carpenter (3 episodes, 2011)

Series Sound Department
Emma Bortignon	....	sound designer (3 episodes, 2011)
Adam Connelly	....	foley recordist (3 episodes, 2011)
Glen Dillon	....	sound recordist (3 episodes, 2011)
Robert Mackenzie	....	sound re-recording mixer (3 episodes, 2011)
Martin Oswin	....	adr mixer (3 episodes, 2011)
Jed Palmer	....	sound editor (3 episodes, 2011)
Blair Slater	....	foley editor (3 episodes, 2011)
Simon Walbrook	....	sound editor (3 episodes, 2011)
Jenny T. Ward	....	adr editor (3 episodes, 2011)

Series Visual Effects by
Harsh Borah	....	modeler / texture artist (3 episodes, 2011)
Dee McClelland	....	senior colourist (3 episodes, 2011)

Series Stunts
Peter West	....	stunt coordinator (unknown episodes, 2011)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Bruce Kentish	....	grip (3 episodes, 2011)
David Dare Parker	....	stills photographer (3 episodes, 2011)
Gregory Stirling	....	key grip (3 episodes, 2011)
Matthew Temple	....	camera operator: "b" camera / second unit: director of photography / ... (3 episodes, 2011)
Jean Vandermeiren	....	gaffer (3 episodes, 2011)

Series Casting Department
Emma Dockery	....	casting associate (3 episodes, 2011)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kate Abercromby	....	costume stand-by assistant (3 episodes, 2011)
Danielle Miller	....	costume attachment (3 episodes, 2011)
Lauren Widdicombe	....	costume assistant (3 episodes, 2011)

Series Editorial Department
John Kerron	....	on-line editor (3 episodes, 2011)
Dee McClelland	....	colorist (3 episodes, 2011)

Series Music Department
Jess Moore	....	music supervisor (3 episodes, 2011)

Series Other crew
Tim Burns	....	location manager (3 episodes, 2011)
Biatta Czerkies	....	production coordinator (3 episodes, 2011)
Chloe Donaldson	....	production secretary (3 episodes, 2011)
Jaqui Howle	....	assistant unit nurse / lead dog wrangler (3 episodes, 2011)
Rachel Knowles	....	head of post production (3 episodes, 2011)
Mike Montague	....	location scout (3 episodes, 2011)
Chris O'Connell	....	script supervisor (3 episodes, 2011)
Jeremy Rice	....	drama coach (3 episodes, 2011)

Series Thanks
Harry Bardwell	....	the producers wish to thank (3 episodes, 2011)

Production Companies

• Screentime Pty. Ltd. (production company)
• Showtime Australia (commissioned and majority funded by)
• ScreenWest (produced with the assistance of)
• Lotterywest (produced with the assistance of)

Distributors

• Austar Entertainment (2011) (Australia) (TV)
• FOXTEL (2011) (Australia) (TV)
• Ovation (2012) (USA) (TV) (cable)
• Showtime Australia (2011) (Australia) (TV)
• Sky Atlantic (2012) (UK) (TV)

Special Effects

• Makeup Effects Group Studio

Other Companies

• Australian Centre for Applied Aquaculture Research  live seawater fish provided by
• Chroma Media  visual effects
• JC Casting  casting: Western Australia
• Lamrock  key art and gallery shots

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Applecross, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Company:

Screentime Pty. Ltd.

Trivia:

Tim Winton's novel 'Cloudstreet' was first published in 1991 and has won three major literary awards, the NBC Banjo Award for Fiction, the West Australian Fiction Award and the Miles Franklin Award.

Valiant effort for difficult novel

A complex novel, Cloudstreet was always going to be difficult to film, not only because of the number of characters within this book, the time span of 2 decades but also for the spiritual/metaphysical nature within the characters/plot.

This series was a brave attempt to film this adaptation which was co-written by Tim Winton. The first night's episode was a slow exposition of the characters, glossing over, in parts, the events that would eventually lead to the 2 families meeting up at the house in Cloud Street. Those who hadn't read the novel may have struggled to understand some of the events or actions in this first night's episode because of the curtailment of description.

The series, like the novel, calls for a perhaps a "suspension of reality" or perhaps, more accurately, a "leap of faith" to believe in some of the events portrayed. If a viewer does this, then the excellent casting of the lead characters allows you to enter fully into the inner life of not only the actors but also the house, which becomes a central character within the story also.

Yes, there are quibbles - music that isn't appropriate to the time portrayed, modern street lights/blurred high rise apartment blocks in the background but then filming a period piece set in the 1940s/50s in and around Perth was also always going to be difficult. This is a city that has little of it's "older" character still present thanks to the "tear it down and rebuild" mentality of the 1960s and 1970s. Kudos to the production for not only filming here in Perth but for also managing to recreate the era successfully, for the most part. Winton's work is always firmly rooted here in this state, again the landscape/architecture being a character within his writing. To film it elsewhere would have been a compromise too far.