| Strikebound | |
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| Directed by | Richard Lowenstein |
| Produced by | Miranda Bain Timothy White |
| Written by | Richard Lowenstein |
| Starring | Chris Haywood Carol Burns |
| Music by | Declan Affley |
| Cinematography | Andrew de Groot |
| Editing by | Jill Bilcock |
| Release date(s) | 20 September 1984 |
| Running time | 101 min. |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Strikebound is a 1984 Australian film directed by Richard Lowenstein and based on the Wendy Lowenstein novel Dead Men Don't Dig Coal. The film got several AFI Award nominations and won in the Best Achievement in Production Design category.[1]
Strikebound is the dramatised story of the first real coal-miners strike in 1930's Australia, in the small south Gippsland town of Korumburra. The story is told through the struggles of Agnes and Wattie Doig, two Scottish immigrants.
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Strikebound grossed $157,000 at the box office in Australia,[2].