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The Shiralee
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The ShiraleeIcon_movClass_PG

1988, 190 minutes, Rated PG

The critically-acclaimed Australian mini-series starring Bryan Brown and Rebecca Smart. presented in its original uncut TV format of two 90-minute episodes.

Returning home from the outback, Macauley (Bryan Brown) finds his wife in bed with another man. In the heat of the moment he vents his anger by taking custody of their young daughter Buster (Rebecca Smart) and heads for the backblocks of South Australia. Macauley the loner, the streetfighter with blood on his knuckles, a chip on his shoulder and anger in his heart. finds himself stuck with a four year-old daughter in tow.

Mac struggles with his ill-chosen role of lather and mother to the child which is Iris. but whom he does not know. His resentment grows as Buster intrudes into the world Macaulay forged for himself alone. For 'Shiralee' means burden. But his daughter is a burden which Macauley must come to embrace.

Director:
Starring:
Bryan Brown [39], Noni Hazelhurst [6], Rebecca Smart [4],
Screen Formats:
Full Frame 1.33:1
Subtitles:
English
Language and Sound:
English Dolby Digital Stereo

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