| Title |
Sweet country / Samuel Goldwyn Films ; Screen Australia and South Australian Film Corporation and Create NSW in association with Screen Territory, Memento Films International and Adelaide Film Festival present ; a Bunya production ; a Warwick Thornton film ; directed by Warwick Thornton ; produced by Greer Simpkin, David Jowsey ; screenplay by David Tranter and Steven McGregor. |
| OCLC |
1038788793 |
| ISBN/ISSN |
043396530980 |
| Music number |
53098 Samuel Goldwyn Films |
| Publisher |
Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2018] |
| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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polychrome. rdacc http://rdaregistry.info/termList/RDAColourContent/1003 |
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digital optical surround 5.1 DTS-HD MA rda |
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widescreen. |
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Blu-ray. |
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video file Blu-ray 1080p high definition region A rda |
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Motion picture. |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Indigenous peoples -- Drama.
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Self-defense -- Drama.
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Murder -- Drama.
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Justice -- Drama.
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Other
Genre heading/s |
Feature films.
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Action and adventure films.
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Crime films.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| System details note |
Blu-ray, region A, wide screen (2.40:1); 5.1 DTS-HD MA; 1080p high definition; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Cast |
Bryan Brown, Hamilton Morris, Thomas M. Wright, Ewen Leslie, Gibson John, Natassia Gorey-Furber, Matt Day, Anni Finsterer, Tremayne Doolan, Trevon Doolan, Sam Neill. |
| Target audience |
MPAA rating: R; for violence, bloody images and for language throughout. |
| Summary |
Sam, a middle-aged Aboriginal man, works for a preacher in the outback of Australia's Northern Territory. When Harry, a bitter war veteran, moves into a neighboring outpost, the preacher sends Sam and his family to help Harry renovate his cattle yards. But Sam's relationship with the cruel and ill-tempered Harry quickly deteriorates, culminating in a violent shootout in which Sam kills Harry in self-defense. |
| Language note |
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
| General note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2017. |
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Wide screen (2.40:1) |
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