| Description |
2 videodiscs (DVD) (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in |
| Summary |
The paper boy (48 min.): It's going to be a bleak Christmas for the Riordans when Joe's father gets the sack in December, 1932. The money 13 year old Joe gets from selling papers is all they have. Then Joe and his dad have a fight. Joe leaves home and lives on the streets, battling with his wits and his fists as he gets to know the city and its characters - the down and outs, the communist agitators, the Sallies. Persuaded by his mother, Joe returns home for Christmas to an uneasy truce with his father but the situation changes when his father finds a job and realises his son is now a man |
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Boy soldiers (48 min.): In 1910 the Australian Government passed a law requiring boys aged between 15 and 17 to register for compulsory military training. This is the story of Will Barnes, a 14 year old conscientious objector who refuses to register |
| Notes |
Container title |
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Visit the learning centre at www.actf.com.au for teaching resources for The Paper Boy and Boy Soldiers |
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The paper boy: originally produced 1985. Boy soldiers: originally produced 1989 |
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Rated G |
| Credits |
Boy soldiers : Produced by Margot McDonald ; directed by Mark Joffe ; written by Cliff Green |
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The Paper Boy: Director, Paul Cox ; producer, Jane Ballantyne ; writer, Bob Ellis ; executive producer, Patricia Edgar |
| Cast |
The paper boy: Christopher Schlusser, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Linden Wilkinson, Norman Kay |
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Boy Soldiers: Tamblyn Lord, Nathan Croft, Damian Walshe-Howling, Tim Edgar ....[et al.] |
| Audience |
Curriculum resource for ages 10-14 |
| Notes |
Rated: G |
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DVD ; region 4 ; PAL |
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Available to Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Motion pictures, Australian.
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Conscientious objectors -- Australia -- Juvenile films.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia -- Juvenile films.
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Values -- Juvenile films.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Video recordings.
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Children's films.
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| Author |
Ellis, Bob, 1942-2016.
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Kay, Norman, 1929-2001, act
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Cox, Paul, 1941- director
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Llewellyn-Jones, Tony, act
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Ballantyne, Jane, pro
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Wilkinson, Lindon, act
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Schlusser, Christopher, act
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Green, Cliff, 1934-
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McDonald, Margot.
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Joffé, Mark.
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Lord, Tamblyn
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Australian Children's Television Foundation.
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| ISBN |
0864213093 DVD |
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9780864213099 DVD |
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