Brothers is a 1982 Australian drama television film directed by Terry Bourke. It includes a re-enactment of the 1975 murder of the Balibo Five in East Timor.[1]

Brothers
Promotional poster
Based onReflex
by Roger Ward
Screenplay byTerry Bourke
Roger Ward
Directed byTerry Bourke
StarringIvar Kants
Chard Hayward
Jennifer Cluff
Margaret Laurence
Music byBob Young
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersTerry Bourke
Brock Halliday
Frank Wilkie
CinematographyRay Henman
EditorRon Williams
Running time103 minutes
Original release
Release1982 (1982)

Production

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The script was based on a novel Reflex by Australian actor and writer Roger Ward. It was about a photojournalist in Vietnam inspired by Sean Flynn. Ward almost got up a film based on the novel in the early 70s with Jack Thompson in the lead but it did not happen. Ward spent the next few years trying to set up the film elsewhere and eventually sold it to Terry Bourke, who rewrote Ward's script extensively.[2]

The movie was shot in the Philippines, Taihape and Narrabeen.[3]

Cast

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Release

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The film was not released in Australian cinemas but was screened on television. Roger Ward is trying to get funding for a new version of his novel.[2]

References

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  1. ^ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p136-137
  2. ^ a b 'Roger Ward Guest Post: The History of "Brothers" ', The Death Rattle, 22 November 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2012
  3. ^ Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p20-21
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