Down the Wind

Down the Wind
Directed by Scott Hicks
Kim McKenzie
Produced by Scott Hicks
Written by Kim McKenzie
Starring David Cameron
Penne Hackforth-Jones
Cinematography Gus Howard
Production
company
Chrysalis Films
Release dates
28 August 1975
Running time
64 mins
Country Australia
Language English
Budget AU$22,000[1]

Down the Wind is a 1975 Australian film which marked the directorial debut of Scott Hicks. He made it shortly after graduating from university.[2]

Plot

Photographer Simon Jess is given an assignment to shoot backgrounds in the Snowy Mountains.

Cast

Production

The film was the second of two joint projects between Hicks and Kim McKenzie. They had previously made The Wanderer (1974) together.

The budget was mostly provided by the Film, Television and Radio Board of the Australian Council.[1]

Release

Screenings of the film were minimal.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 292
  2. Nick Dawson, 'SCOTT HICKS, “GLASS: A PORTRAIT OF PHILIP IN TWELVE PARTS” ', Filmmaker Magazine, 18 April 2008 accessed 28 Sept 2012

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