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Hammers Over the Anvil (1994) [N/A]

Release Date:
July 22, 1994

Original Title:
Hammers Over the Anvil

Genres:
Drama | Romance

Production Companies:
Australian Film Finance Corporation
Harvest Productions Pty. Ltd.
South Australian Film Corporation

Production Countries:
Australia

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M 

Runtime: 97

An aristocratic Englishwoman, an Australian horseman and a young boy on a journey towards the exciting but forbidden world of adults.

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Set in the summer of 1910 in Australia the film follows the story of 14 year old Alan Marshall (Alexander Outhread) as he stumbles out of childhood towards the exciting yet forbidding world of adulthood. For Alan, despite the effects of polio, there is only one passion in life - to become a great horseman just like his hero, the reclusive horse trainer East Driscoll (Russell Crowe). Alan is one of East's few friends and also one of the few who knows about the affair between East and the aristocratic English woman Grace McAlister (Charlotte Rampling). Things inevitably take a turn towards the tragic when East becomes determined to force Grace to leave her husband and run away with him. Hammers Over The Anvil is an evocative coming of age film from Australian director Ann Turner.

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Production

ADR Recordist:
Steve Burgess
Anne Le Campion

Additional Camera:
David Foreman
Lyddy Van Gyen

Additional Hairstylist:
Beverley Freeman

Additional Still Photographer:
Jennifer Mitchell
Serge Thomann

Art Department Coordinator:
Deborah Wilde

Art Direction:
Vicki Niehus

Assistant Grip:
Robbie Van Amstel

Assistant Sound Editor:
Ronny Reinhard

Best Boy Grip:
Werner Gerlach

Boom Operator:
Scott Piper

Camera Operator:
David Williamson

Carpenter:
Brenton Grear
Tim Stanley
Arthur Vette

Clapper Loader:
Jules Wurm

Color Grading:
Ian Letcher

Construction Manager:
John Moore

Continuity:
Kristin Witcombe

Costume Design:
Ross Major

Costumer:
Sandi Cichello

Director:
Ann Turner

Director of Photography:
James Bartle

Draughtsman:
Tamara Pankiw

Dresser:
Christopher Webster

Editor:
Ken Sallows

Electrician:
Darrin Ballangarry

Extras Casting:
Jan Killen

First Assistant Camera:
Darrin Keough

First Assistant Director:
Chris Webb

First Assistant Editor:
Maria Kaltenthaler

Foley Mixer:
John Simpson

Gaffer:
Trevor Toune

Grip:
Robin Morgan

Hairstylist:
Sash Lamey

Location Manager:
David Lightfoot

Location Sound Recordist:
Phil Tipene

Makeup Artist:
Jane Surrich
Suzie Warhurst-Steele

Music Coordinator:
Christine Woodruff

Original Music Composer:
Not Drowning Waving

Painter:
Guy Allain
Christo Reid

Producer:
Ben Gannon

Production Design:
Ross Major

Production Manager:
Barbara Gibbs

Production Secretary:
Heather Muirhead

Property Builder:
Julie Ferrand

Runner Art Department:
Tony Rosella

Scenic Artist:
Peter Collias

Screenplay:
Peter Hepworth
Ann Turner

Script Editor:
Peter Gawler
Sue Smith

Seamstress:
Tracey Richardson

Second Assistant Director:
Monica Pearce

Set Dresser:
Tony Cronin
Andrew Plumer
Tony Xeros

Set Dressing Buyer:
Tony Cronin
Andrew Plumer

Sound Editor:
Dean Gawen
Ashley Grenville
Paul Huntingford
Rex Watts

Sound Mixer:
James Currie
Pete Smith

Standby Property Master:
John Santucci

Steadicam Operator:
Brad Shield

Still Photographer:
Hugh Hartshorne

Stunt Coordinator:
Zev Eleftheriou

Stunt Double:
Lea Reid
Bernadette Van Gyen

Third Assistant Director:
Geoffrey Giuffre

Title Designer:
Oliver Streeton

Unit Manager:
Gary Buss

Wardrobe Supervisor:
Ruth De la Lande

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