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Curtin (film)

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Curtin
Written byAlison Nisselle
Directed byJessica Hobbs
StarringWilliam McInnes
Noni Hazlehurst
Asher Keddie
Ben Esler
Geoff Morrell
Bille Brown
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersAndrew Wiseman
Richard Keddie
Running time93 minutes
Original release
Release22 April 2007 (2007-04-22) (Australia)

Curtin is a 2007 television film about John Curtin, the Prime Minister of Australia during the Second World War. The film won the Australian Screen Sound Guild Award in 2007 for its sound team.[1]

Plot

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The film covers the period from just before Curtin becoming Prime Minister in October 1941 until the return of the 6th and 7th Divisions to Australia (Operation Stepsister) at the start of the Pacific war in March 1942. The film concludes with a montage of footage of Curtin's funeral in 1945.

Cast

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Production

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Much of the film was made in Victoria, with the exception of scenes filmed at Old Parliament House, Canberra.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "Curtin (2007)". Australian Screen. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
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