Essington (film)

Essington
Written byThomas Keneally
Directed byJulian Pringle
StarringChris Haywood
Hugh Keays-Byrne
Music byPeter Sculthorpe
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerAlan Burke
CinematographyLloyd Shiels
Running time103 minutes
Original release
NetworkABC
Release26 November 1974 (1974-11-26)

Essington is a 1974 TV film about a convict named Squires who arrives with a detachment of Royal Marines at Port Essington.[1]

According to the Canberra Times "it is both an historical narrative and an allegorical treatment of Australian history."[2]

Plot

In the 1840s, the settlement of Port Essington is run by Governor Macarthur. The inhabitants include Macarthur's wife, Private Evans, and a convict, Bob Squires, who has good relations with the local aboriginal population.

Private Evans falls for an aboriginal woman and goes missing from the settlement.

Cast

Reception

Thomas Keneally won Best Script at the 1976 Logie Awards. Chis Haywood won Best Performance by an Individual Actor.[3]

Michael Craig called it "a wonderful script; macabre, funny, tragic and optimistic, and extremely well directed by Julian Pringle."[4]

Music

The music score was written by Peter Sculthorpe with Michael Hannan and David Matthews. It was adapted from an Aboriginal melody "Djilile" (whistling-duck on a billabong) from a recording collected in northern Australia in the late 1950s. Sculthorpe further developed the music as a 15-minute, six-part piece titled "Port Essington" which was commissioned by Musica Viva Australia for the Australian Chamber Orchestra and first performed at the University of Queensland in August 1977.[5][6][7]

References

  1. ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p52
  2. ^ "COLOUR TV NEW SERIES OF ABC COLOUR PROGRAMS". The Canberra Times. Vol. 49, no. 14, 004. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 4 March 1975. p. 15. Retrieved 10 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ 1976 TV Week Logie Awards accessed 27 June 2013
  4. ^ Craig, Michael (2005). The Smallest Giant: An Actor's Life. Allen and Unwin. p. 183.
  5. ^ "Port Essington". Leichardt Land.
  6. ^ "Australian Biography: Interview with Peter Sculthorpe". National Film and Sound Archive.
  7. ^ Hannan, Michael (2011). "SCORING ESSINGTON: Composition, Comprovisation, Collaboration" (PDF). Screen Sound. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012.


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