Moving On (film)
Moving On is a 1974 Australian film about a sheep farmer George Collier who moves to a county town. It was made by Film Australia to help draw attention to the problems the rural poor.[1]
| Moving On | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Richard Mason |
| Produced by | Don Murray |
| Written by | Anne Brooksbank Cliff Green |
| Starring | Ewen Solon |
| Cinematography | Dean Semler |
| Edited by | Tim Wellburn |
Production company | |
Release date | 1974 |
Running time | 57 mins |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Cast
- Ewen Solon as George Collier
- Kay Taylor as Elizabeth Collier
- Ken Shorter as Alan
- Lyndell Rowe as Anne
- Carole Yelland as Pauline
- Brian Anderson as Ron
- Michaelle Brooker as Margaret
- Jonathan Hardy as Anne's boyfriend
- jeff Ashby as city man
- Bruce Spence as road worker
- Roger Ward as sotcik agent
- John Fegan as unemployed grower
- Robert McDarra as financier
- Carole Ashby
Release
The film was widely distributed through non-theatrical film libraries in Australia and screened on television in January 1974. The writer won an award with the Australian Writers Guild.[2]
References
- Moving On at National Film and Sound Archive
- Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998 p274
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