All the Rivers Run

All the Rivers Run

Infobox Television
show_name = All The Rivers Run


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format = Miniseries
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runtime = 100 minutes
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starring = Sigrid Thornton John Waters Parker Stevenson Charles Tingwell Adrian Wright Gus Mercurio
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country = Australia
language = English
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first_aired = 1983, 1990
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num_episodes = 6
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website = http://www.crawfords.com.au/libary/series/rivers_run1.shtml
imdb_id = 0086663
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"All The Rivers Run" is an Australian historical novel by Nancy Cato, first published in 1958. It was also made into a popular television miniseries in 1983 and 1989, starring Sigrid Thornton and John Waters. The film is marketed with the tagline "A sweeping saga of one woman's struggle for survival". The first series comprises 4 two-hour episodes first broadcast in October 1983, [ [http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Number%3A138031%20|%20Number%3A478290;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 NFSA - Title Details ] ] the second series comprises 2 two-hour episodes first broadcast on 18 March 1990. [ [http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Number%3A138031%20|%20Number%3A478290;querytype=;rec=1;resCount=10 NFSA - Title Details ] ] In the US, the miniseries had a run on the premium channel, HBO. ["HBO program guide]

Story

"All The Rivers Run" follows the life of English girl Philadelphia Gordon, from the time when she is shipwrecked and orphaned off the coast of Victoria in 1890. She spends most of her life around Echuca, on the Murray River, and invests some of her inheritance in a Paddle steamer. Her life is forever changed when she meets Paddle steamer captain Brenton Edwards. Deli Gordon marries Edwards and gives up a blossoming career as a painter in Melbourne to live back in Echuca and live on the Paddle steamer with Brenton.

Main cast

* Sigrid Thornton - Philadelphia Gordon
* John Waters - Brenton Edwards
* Parker Stevenson - Cyrus James
* Charles Tingwell - Uncle Charles
* Dinah Shearing - Aunt Hester
* Adrian Wright - Alistair Raeburn
* Diane Craig - Miss Barrett
* Gus Mercurio - Tom Gritchley

References

External links

* [http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/summary/summary.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;page=0;parentid=;query=Number%3A138031%20|%20Number%3A478290;querytype=;resCount=10 All the Rivers Run at the National Film and Sound Archive]


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