Dawn!
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| Directed by | Ken Hannam |
| Written by | Joy Cavill |
| Starring | Bronwyn Mackay-Payne Ron Haddrick Bunny Brooke Tom Richards Ivar Kants |
| Music by | Michael Carlos |
| Cinematography | Russell Boyd |
| Edited by | Max Lemon |
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| Distributed by | Hoyts Distribution (Australia) |
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109 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $641,000[1] |
Dawn! is a 1979 Australian sports biopic about the three-time Olympic gold medallist swimmer Dawn Fraser, who served as technical adviser for the production, it starring Bronwyn Mackay Payne and Bunney Brooke, written by Joy Cavill and directed by Ken Hannam. The film was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival.[2]
Plot
The film deals with Dawn Fraser's rise to fame as a champion Olympic swimmer, her anti-authoritarian clashes with Australian Swimming officials, her triumphs, marriage and eventual divorce.
Cast
- Bronwyn Mackay-Payne as Dawn Fraser
- Ron Haddrick ... Pop
- Bunney Brooke ... Mum
- Tom Richards ... Harry
- John Diedrich ... Gary
- Gabrielle Hartley ... Kate
- Ivar Kants ... Len
- David Cameron ... Joe
- Kevin Wilson ... Bippy
Production
The film was produced by Joy Cavill who had previously made a documentary, The Dawn Fraser Story (1964).
In the 1970s Cavill wrote a script based on Fraser's life and showed it to Jill Robb and John Morris of the South Australian Film Corporation. They agrees to put up $250,000 and raise the balance of the money in exchange for 50% of the profits.[1]
The lead, Bronwyn Mackay-Payne, was cast after a search that involved interviewing 1,200 girls and screen testing ten. Mackay-Payne had never acted before.[3]
Shooting began on 19 September 1977 and went for ten weeks, with studio work in Adelaide and location shooting in Balmain, Sydney, Melbourne Olympic Stadium, and Tokyo.[1]
Reception
The film performed disappointingly at the box office.[1]
See also
- Cinema of Australia
- List of Australian films
- Australian films of 1979
- List of films set in Australia
- List of films shot in Adelaide
References
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- Dawn! - IMDb
- Dawn! at Oz Movies
- Dawn's Own Website
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