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Chant Of Jimmie Blacksmith, The (2 Disc) (The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith)
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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Fred Schepisi’s internationaIly acclaimed masterpiece The Chant of Jimmie BIacksmith (1978), based on the novel by Thomas KenealIy, is the shocking taIe of an indigenous man driven to madness and revenge. Jimmie BIacksmith (Tommy Lewis) is a young AboriginaI half-caste raised in central New South WaIes at the turn-of-the-century, a boy initiated by his tribe but also educated by a stern Methodist minister (Jack Thompson).
Looking to gain respectability in white society, Jimmie finds a white bride while performing back-breaking work on local farms, but cannot escape his skin color, suffering ongoing racism and oppression. Discovering that he may not be the father of his wife’s child, and red without pay, Jimmie expIodes in a fury of vioIent revenge and escapes into the bush with his brother Mort, cutting a bIoody path of retribution upon the society that has forsaken him. ln 1901, the year AustraIian democracy is born, Jimmie BIacksmith finalIy faces his fate, and with it the fate of his people. This two-disc set includes the 117-minute international version and the 122-minute Australian version.
Special Features: DlSC 1: International Version (117 minutes)
• Interview with Fred Schepisi and DP lan Baker
• The Chant of Tom Lewis, an interview with star Tommy Lewis • Trailer DISC 2: Australian Version (122 minutes)
• Audio commentary by Fred Schepisi • lntroduction by Fred Schepisi
Also incIudes booklet essay by lm critic Peter Tonguette |
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