The Sundowners

The Sundowners

Infobox_Film
name = The Sundowners


image_size = 150px
caption= film poster
imdb_id = 0054353
producer = Gerry Blatner
director = Fred Zinnemann
writer = Isobel Lennart
starring = Deborah Kerr
Robert Mitchum
Peter Ustinov
music = Dimitri Tiomkin
cinematography = Jack Hildyard
editing =
distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures
released = 1960
runtime = 133 min.
language = English

"The Sundowners" is a 1960 film that tells the story of an Australian outback family torn between the father's desires to continue his nomadic sheep-herding ways and the wife's and son's desire to settle down in one place. It stars Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Peter Ustinov, Glynis Johns, Dina Merrill, Michael Anderson, Jr. and Chips Rafferty.

The movie was adapted by Isobel Lennart from the novel by Jon Cleary. It was directed by Fred Zinnemann.

It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Deborah Kerr), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Glynis Johns), Best Director, Best Picture, and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.

The movie was filmed mainly on location in New South Wales, including towns like Nimmitabel.

Raymond Austin was stunt coordinator.

External links

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* [http://www.cooma.nsw.gov.au/monaropioneers/nimmitabel/pioneers/goed4.htm Article: "The Day the Stars Came to Nimmitabel..The Making of the Sundowners" by Peter Goed @ Cooma-Monaro website]


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