The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith [DVD] [1978]
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Release Date:11/18/2008
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Based on a novel by Thomas Keneally, which was in turn inspired by actual events, this drama is a shocking indictment of the racism inflicted on the indigenous people of Australia. Jimmie (Tommy Lewis) is a half-white, half-aborigine young man raised by a Methodist minister. Feeling outcast among the aborigines, Jimmie moves to the city and gets a job working for a white family. When a white serving girl at the estate becomes pregnant, everyone is convinced that Jimmie is the father; to spare the girl's honor, Jimmie marries her and is allowed to live with her on the estate. But after the child is born, everyone realizes that the father was a white man, not Jimmie; he is still willing to accept the child and stand beside his wife, but his employers now feel that he married a white girl under false pretenses, and they bar him from the estate. Forbidden to see his wife and fired without receiving his pay, Jimmie finally explodes in a fury of violent revenge. Director Fred Schepisi's original cut of this film runs 122 minutes, though it was more widely distributed in a shortened version running 108 minutes.~Mark Deming
Features
Tommy Lewis Interview
The Making of the Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith with Director Fred Schepisi
Director
- Fred Schepisi
Writer
- Fred Schepisi
Cast
- Tommy LewisJimmie Blacksmith
- Freddy ReynoldsMort Blacksmith
- Ray BarrettConstable Farrell
- Jack ThompsonRev. Neville
- Peter CarrollMcCready
- Elizabeth AlexanderPetra Graf
- Rob SteeleClaude Lewis
- John BowmanMullett
- Bryan BrownShearer
- Ruth CracknellMrs. Heather Newby
- Don CrosbyMr. Newby
- Julie DawsonMartha Neville
- Arthur DignamMan in Butcher Shop
- Steve DoddsTabidgi
- Jane HardersMrs. Healy
- Thomas KeneallyCook
- Ray MeagherDud Edmonds
- Robyn NevinMrs. McCready
- Tim RobertsonHealy
- Peter SumnerDowie Stead
- Brian AndersonHyberry
Crew
- Fred SchepisiProducer
- Thomas KeneallyBook Author
- Ian BakerCinematographer
- Bruce SmeatonComposer (Music Score)
- Brian KavanaghEditor
- Wendy DicksonProduction Designer
- Roy StevensAssociate Producer
- Bruce FinlaysonCostume Designer
Details
- GenreDrama
- SubgenreSocial Problem Film,Psychological Drama
- TitleThe Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
- Countries ProducedAustralia
- Duration122 minutes
- Year of Release1978
- Product TagsDVD
- FormatDVD
- Program TypeMovie
- Sound Featuresstereo
- Aspect Ratio2.35:1
- LanguageEnglish
- Region Code1
- StudioIndustrial Entertainment
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- Product NameThe Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith [DVD] [1978]
- UPC858334001374
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