Country Town

Country Town (1973)

In this movie version of "Bellbird" (1967) a reporter, Philip Henderson stirs up the town further when they are already suffering with a drought.

Date of release
1973-04-01
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 41m
Genres
Family, Drama
Director
Peter Maxwell

Casting

Interesting facts

Bellbird: A Country Town is a 1971 Australian drama film directed by Peter Maxwell, produced by Fenton Rosewarne and starring Terry McDermott, Gary Gray and Lynette Curran. It was a film version of the Australian television series Bellbird, written by Barbara Vernon.

Production

The film was made in January 1971 during a break in production from filming the TV series. Although most of the regular cast were involved and the script was written by Barbara Vernon, who was one of the main writers on the show, the ABC was not formally involved in production.

The film was shot on 16mm over four weeks on a $70,000 budget starting late January 1971. Yea in Victoria was the main location with drought scenes shot in Wentworth, New South Wales. After editing was completed the Australian Film Development Corporation provided $15,000 to help prepare 35 mm prints.

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