Moving On (1974 film)

Moving On is a 1974 Australian film about a sheep farmer George Collier who moves to a county town. It was made by Film Australia to help draw attention to the problems the rural poor.[1]

Moving On
Directed byRichard Mason
Written by
Produced byDon Murray
StarringEwen Solon
CinematographyDean Semler
Edited byTim Wellburn
Production
company
Release date
1974
Running time
57 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Cast

  • Ewen Solon as George Collier
  • Kay Taylor as Elizabeth Collier
  • Ken Shorter as Alan
  • Lyndell Rowe as Anne
  • Carole Yelland as Pauline
  • Brian Anderson as Ron
  • Michaelle Brooker as Margaret
  • Jonathan Hardy as Anne's Boyfriend
  • Jeff Ashby as City Man
  • Bruce Spence as Road Worker
  • Roger Ward as Stock gent
  • John Fegan as Unemployed Grower
  • Robert McDarra as Financier
  • Carole Ashby
  • Edward Howell

Release

The film was widely distributed through non-theatrical film libraries in Australia and screened on television in January 1974. The writer won an award with the Australian Writers Guild.[2]

References

  1. Moving On at National Film and Sound Archive
  2. Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998 p274


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