Dawn!
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Dawn! is a 1979 Australian sports biopic
about the three-time Olympic
gold medallist swimmer Dawn Fraser
, starring Bronwyn Mackay-Payne, written by Joy Cavill and directed by Ken Hannam
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swimmer, her anti-authoritarian clashes with Australian Swimming officials, her triumphs, marriage and eventual divorce.
Biographical film
A biographical film, or biopic , is a film that dramatizes the life of an actual person or people. They differ from films “based on a true story” or “historical films” in that they attempt to comprehensively tell a person’s life story or at least the most historically important years of their...
about the three-time Olympic
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
gold medallist swimmer Dawn Fraser
Dawn Fraser
Dawn Fraser AO, MBE is an Australian champion swimmer. She is one of only two swimmers to win the same Olympic event three times – in her case the 100 meters freestyle....
, starring Bronwyn Mackay-Payne, written by Joy Cavill and directed by Ken Hannam
Ken Hannam
Ken Hannam was an Australian film and television director.-Career:Born in Melbourne, the eldest of three boys, Hannam lived in his youth in Sydney and was educated at Wollaroi College in New South Wales. He worked in Australian radio and television, then moved in 1968 to England...
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Plot
The film deals with Dawn Fraser's rise to fame as a champion OlympicOlympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
swimmer, her anti-authoritarian clashes with Australian Swimming officials, her triumphs, marriage and eventual divorce.
Cast
- Bronwyn Mackay-Payne ... Dawn Fraser
- Ron HaddrickRon HaddrickRonald Norman Haddrick MBE is an Australian theatre, film and voice actor.-Early life:Haddrick was born in Adelaide, Australia, the only son of Olive May and Alexander Norman Haddrick.-Cricket:...
... Pop - Bunny Brooke ... Mum
- Tom RichardsTom RichardsTom Richards may refer to:* Tom Richards , Australian television actor* Tom Richards , British marathon runner* Tom Richards , Australian rugby union footballer* Tom Richards , English squash player...
... Harry - John Diedrich ... Gary
- Gabrielle Hartley ... Kate
- Ivar KantsIvar KantsIvar Kants is an Australian actor who played the role of Ken Garrett in soap opera The Restless Years. Later roles include School Principal Barry Hyde in Home And Away...
... Len - David CameronDavid CameronDavid William Donald Cameron is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service and Leader of the Conservative Party. Cameron represents Witney as its Member of Parliament ....
... Joe - Kevin WilsonKevin WilsonKevin Wilson may refer to:*Kevin Wilson , Northern Irish footballer*Kevin Wilson , Jamaican footballer*Kevin R. Wilson, American football coach*Kevin Bloody Wilson, Australian comedian...
... Bippy
See also
- Cinema of AustraliaCinema of AustraliaCinema of Australia, more commonly referred to as the Australian film industry, refers to the system of production, distribution, and exhibition of films in Australia. Film production commenced in Australia in 1906 with the production of The Story of the Kelly Gang, the earliest feature film made...
- List of Australian films
- Australian films of 1979Australian films of 1979-1979:- External links :* at the Internet Movie Database...
- List of films set in Australia
- List of films shot in Adelaide