| Description |
2 videodiscs (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD format ; Dolby digital ; widescreen 1.78:1/16:9. |
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Adobe Reader required to access DVD-ROM features. |
| Language |
English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1979. |
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Based on the novel by Miles Franklin. |
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Closed captioned for the hearing impaired. |
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Extras: Disc 1. Audio commentary with director Gillian Armstrong ; Theatrical trailers -- Disc 2. Interview with director Gillian Armstrong ; interview with producer Margaret Fink ; Cannes Film Festival premiere featuring star Judy David, director Gillian Armstrong and producer Margaret Fink ; The Miles Franklin story ; Poster & still gallery ; Teacher's study guide (DVD-ROM). |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Access |
Video version restricted to private home use or face-to-face teaching activities in a classroom or similar place devoted to instruction. Other restrictions may also apply. Any other use without a license is in violation of copyright law. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Don McAlpine ; film editor, Nicholas Beauman ; music, Nathan Waks. |
| Cast |
Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Wendy Hughes, Robert Grubb, Max Cullen, Aileen Britton, Peter Whitford, Patricia Kennedy. |
| Summary |
Sybylla Melvyn is a free-spirited young writer who refuses to conform to society's ideas of how a 'proper woman' should live her life. A wealthy suitor tries to win her heart. |
| Subject |
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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| Genre |
DVD-Video discs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Film adaptations.
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| Added Author |
Armstrong, Gillian, 1950-
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Witcombe, Eleanor.
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Davis, Judy, 1956-
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Neill, Sam.
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Hughes, Wendy, 1952-2014.
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Grubb, Robert, 1950-
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Cullen, Max, 1940-
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Britton, Aileen, 1916-1986.
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Whitford, Peter, 1939-
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Kennedy, Patricia, 1917-2012.
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Franklin, Miles, 1879-1954.
My brilliant career.
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Blue Underground, Inc.
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| Standard No. |
827058200790 |
| Music No. |
BU2007DVD Blue Underground |
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