The Irishman (film)

The Irishman
Directed by Donald Crombie
Produced by Anthony Buckley
Written by Donald Crombie
Starring Michael Craig
Simon Burke
Robyn Nevin
Production
company
Forest Home Films
South Australian Film Corporation
Release dates
1978
Country Australia
Language English
Budget A$840,000 (est.)[1]
Box office AU $622,000[2]

The Irishman is an Australian 1978 romantic drama film adapted for the screen from Elizabeth O'Conner's novel and directed by Donald Crombie. Old-time horse wagoner Paddy Doolan refuses to accept the challenge posed by motor transport in the early 1920s.

Production

The movie was budgeted at $767,000 but went $800,000 over.[1] It was filmed in May through to July in 1977.[3]

Crombie described his work on the film as a "labour of love".[4]

Release

The film was a disappointment at the box office. Crombie later said he thought it was five to ten minutes too long, and suffered from being released soon after The Mango Tree, another coming of age period movie set in Queensland, when there was a backlash against period films.[5]

The motion picture soundtrack by Charles Marawood was produced on the DVD as a bonus feature by Philip Powers from the original recordings.

References

  1. 1 2 David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980 p147-149
  2. Australian Films at the Box Office - Report to Film Victoria accessed 5 Oct 2012
  3. Internet Movie DataBase - The Irishman (1978)
  4. "Interview with Donald Crombie", Signet, 18 December 1998 accessed 16 November 2012
  5. Peter Beilby & Scott Murray, "Donald Crombie", Cinema Papers, Oct-Nov 1978 p131-132


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