Posted by
Riklaa on May 12, 2010 at 8:28pm
Summer of the Aliens
by Louis Nowra.
Music by Sarah de Jong.
Directed by Jane Ulman.
Produced for the BBC by Richard Buckham.
An Australian Broadcasting Corporation production co-commissioned by ABC/BBC.
128/44; 77.6 MB; sound quality very good
This dark, semi-autobiographical comedy drama follows Lewis through a summer in 1960s Melbourne. As the TV reports UFO sightings and the danger of communist invasion, Lewis copes with adolescence and the incomprehensible adult world. The aliens are closing in.
with an introduction by Michael Billington and biographer Judith Kampfner
Broadcast 30th October 1989, Monday Play (Globe Theatre '89)
and 21st April 1990, Afternoon Play
Winner of the 1990 Prix Italia award
Cast:
Louis NOWRA ...............Lewis as an adult
Ben PAULEY ................Lewis as a boy
Kathryn DUFTY .............Emma, his sister
Linda CROPPER .............Mum
Dinah SHEARING ............Grandma
Nicholas EADIE ............Dad
Belinda CHIKOSH ...........Dulcie
Dylan HOWARTH .............Brian
George SPARTELS ...........Mr Pisano, the postman
Beth CHILD ................Mrs Pisano
Peter CARROLL .............Teacher
with Kirsten MCLEOD, Emily NICHOL, Paul HUNT , Annie BYRON, Alan TOBIN, Andrew TIGHE, Mary HAIRE, Vanessa POHL, Anouska WARD, Amanda GALLIC, Bill CONN, Patrick PHILLIPS, Carrie ZIVETZ, Swabomir WABIK, John O'MAY, Kevin GOLSBY, Tyler COPPIN and Harold BIRCHILL.Nowra 891030 Summer of the Aliens.mp3
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Thank you both for sharing!
This got me inspired.....