Cover image for Sweet country [DVD] / Samuel Goldwyn Films presents ; Screen Australia and South Australian Film Corporation and Create NSW in association with Screen Territory, Memento Films International and Adelaide Film Festival present ; a Bunya production ; a Warwick Thornton film ; directed by Warwick Thornton ; produced by Greer Simpkin, David Jowsey ; screenplay by David Tranter and Steven McGregor.
Title:
Sweet country [DVD] / Samuel Goldwyn Films presents ; Screen Australia and South Australian Film Corporation and Create NSW in association with Screen Territory, Memento Films International and Adelaide Film Festival present ; a Bunya production ; a Warwick Thornton film ; directed by Warwick Thornton ; produced by Greer Simpkin, David Jowsey ; screenplay by David Tranter and Steven McGregor.
Author:
Samuel Goldwyn Films (Firm),
Publication Information:
Culver City, California : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Inc., [2018]

©2018
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 2017.

Anamorphic widescreen (2.40:1)

Includes trailers.
Performers/Actors:
Bryan Brown, Hamilton Morris, Thomas M. Wright, Ewen Leslie, Gibson John, Natassia Gorey-Furber, Matt Day, Anni Finsterer, Tremayne Doolan, Trevon Doolan, Sam Neill.
Abstract:
Sam, a middle-aged Aboriginal man, works for a preacher in the outback of Australia's Northern Territory. When Harry, a bitter war veteran, moves into a neighboring outpost, the preacher sends Sam and his family to help Harry renovate his cattle yards. But Sam's relationship with the cruel and ill-tempered Harry quickly deteriorates, culminating in a violent shootout in which Sam kills Harry in self-defense.
Audience/Reading Level:
MPAA rating: R; for violence, bloody images and for language throughout.
Subject Term:
Indigenous peoples -- Drama.

Self-defense -- Drama.

Murder -- Drama.

Justice -- Drama.
Added Author:
Thornton, Warwick,

Simpkin, Greer,

Jowsey, David (Motion picture producer),

Tranter, David,

McGregor, Steven (Screenwriter),

Brown, Bryan, 1947-

Morris, Hamilton,

Wright, Thomas M., 1983-

Leslie, Ewen, 1980-

John, Gibson,

Gorey-Furber, Natassia,

Day, Matt, 1971-

Finsterer, Anni,

Doolan, Tremayne,

Doolan, Trevon,

Neill, Sam,
Added Corporate Author:
Samuel Goldwyn Films (Firm),

Screen Australia,

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),
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Summary

Sam, a middle-aged Aboriginal man, works for a preacher in the outback of Australia's Northern Territory. When Harry, a bitter war veteran, moves into a neighboring outpost, the preacher sends Sam and his family to help Harry renovate his cattle yards. But Sam's relationship with the cruel and ill-tempered Harry quickly deteriorates, culminating in a violent shootout in which Sam kills Harry in self-defense.