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.
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
^Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p52
^"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.
essington, film, essington, 1974, film, about, convict, named, squires, arrives, with, detachment, royal, marines, port, essington, essingtonwritten, bythomas, keneallydirected, byjulian, pringlestarringchris, haywoodhugh, keays, byrnemusic, bypeter, sculthorp. Essington is a 1974 TV film about a convict named Squires who arrives with a detachment of Royal Marines at Port Essington 1 EssingtonWritten byThomas KeneallyDirected byJulian PringleStarringChris HaywoodHugh Keays ByrneMusic byPeter SculthorpeCountry of originAustraliaOriginal languageEnglishProductionProducerAlan BurkeCinematographyLloyd ShielsRunning time103 minutesDistributorABCReleaseOriginal networkABCPicture formatColorAudio formatMonoOriginal releaseNovember 26 1974 1974 11 26 According to the Canberra Times it is both an historical narrative and an allegorical treatment of Australian history 2 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Reception 4 Music 5 References 6 External linksPlot EditIn 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 EditChris Haywood as Bob Squires Jacqueline Kott Sandra McGregor Wyn Roberts Michael Craig Cornelia Frances Melissa Jaffer John Hargreaves Ralph Cotterill Hugh Keays Byrne Justine SaundersReception EditThomas 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 EditThe 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 Edit Ed Scott Murray Australia on the Small Screen 1970 1995 Oxford Uni Press 1996 p52 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 1976 TV Week Logie Awards accessed 27 June 2013 Craig Michael 2005 The Smallest Giant An Actor s Life Allen and Unwin p 183 Port Essington Leichardt Land Australian Biography Interview with Peter Sculthorpe National Film and Sound Archive Hannan Michael 2011 SCORING ESSINGTON Composition Comprovisation Collaboration PDF Screen Sound External links EditEssington at IMDb Essington at Screen Australia Digitised copy of complete script by Thomas Keneally at National Archives of Australia This article related to an Australian made for TV movie is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Essington film amp oldid 1095677431, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
