David Stratton: A Cinematic Life (2017)
For Most People, Movies are Entertainment. For One Man, They are a Way of Life.
A compelling personal journey with David Stratton, as he relates the fascinating development of our cinema history. David guides us from his boyhood cinema experience of Australia in England, where he saw the first images of this strange and exotic landscape via the medium of film, to his migration to Australia as a ‘ten pound pom’ in 1963 and onto his present day reflections on the iconic themes that run through our cinematic legacy. All of this reflects a passionate engagement in a uniquely Australian medium. Parallel and at the heart of the series is the story of an industry whose growing pains David has witnessed over a lifetime. Alongside David, the protagonists of this history are the giants of Australian cinema – both behind the camera and in front of it.
- Date of release
- 2017-03-09
- TMDB
- 4.6 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Sally Aitken
Casting
- David Stratton — Self
- Dr George Miller — Self
- Nicole Kidman — Self
- Russell Crowe — Self
- Anne-Louise Lambert — Self
- Margaret Pomeranz — Self
- Geoffrey Wright — Self
- Michael Caton — Self
- Jacki Weaver — Self
- Todd McCarthy — Self
- Jack Thompson — Self
- Sam Neill — Self
Recommended
- Being James Bond 2021 · ★ 7.8
- I Am Heath Ledger 2017 · ★ 7.4
- Come See Me in the Good Light 2025 · ★ 7.1
- Sidney 2022 · ★ 6.9
- As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty 2000 · ★ 7.8
- Cameraperson 2016 · ★ 6.7
- Corman's World 2011 · ★ 7.0
- Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound 2019 · ★ 6.9
- Love, Antosha 2019 · ★ 7.4
- Jodorowsky's Dune 2013 · ★ 7.8
- John Candy: I Like Me 2025 · ★ 7.9
- Frank and Ollie 1995 · ★ 7.4