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Against the wind [dvd]

2006
DVDs
Abstract: Chronicles the experiences of an 18-year-old Irish girl, Mary Mulvane, who was transported to New South Wales in 1800. Depicts her marriage to an ex-convict and their struggle for basic dignities in the brutalised colony.
Imprint:
Australia : Umbrella [distributor], 2010.
Collation:
4 videodiscs (DVD) (617 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes:
The characters and events depicted in this series are based on fact. Some names used are fictitious.In English.
Credits:
Produced by Henry Crawford ; directed by George Miller and Simon Wincer ; written by Bronwyn Binns and Ian Jones.
Performers:
Cast: Jon English, Mary Larkin, Warwick Sims, Bryan Brown, Gerard Kennedy, Justine Saunders, John Stanton, Frank Thring.
Audience:
Censorship classification: M.
System details:
DVD, PAL, All Regions.
Contents:
Incomplete contents: Disc one: Part 1. The Seeds of Fire -- Part 2. The Wild Geese -- Part 3. A Question of Guilt. Disc two: Part 4. The flogging parson -- Part 5. An Agreement Between Officers and others -- Part 6. A House on the Hill. Disc three: Part 7. The Tree of Liberty -- Part 8. When Kings go Forth to Battle -- Part 9. The Farmer' Friend. Disc four: Part 10. A Matter of Life and Death -- Part 11.The Spirit of Enterprise -- Part 12. The Whip Hand -- Part 13. The Windfall Summer.
Dewey class:
791.4572
Language:
English
BRN:
35258
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