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- Synopsis
- Hunger is a Strange Silence The true story of Australia's most notorious convict, Alexander Pearce and his... more »
- Rating
- MA15+
- Release
- 20/01/10
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller, Historical
- Actors
- Arthur Angel, Paul Ashcroft, John Francis Howard, more »
- Director
- Jonathan auf der Heide
- Format
- DVD-Video
Description
Hunger is a Strange Silence
The true story of Australia's most notorious convict, Alexander Pearce and his infamous escape into the beautiful yet brutal Tasmanian wilderness.
A point of no return for convicts banished from their homeland, Van Diemen's Land was a feared and dreaded penal settlement at the end of the earth. The entrance to its remote station of secondary punishment, Macquarie Harbour, was named 'Hell’s Gates' by its prisoners as a reference to the gates of hell in Dante's 'Inferno' - "Abandon all hope ye who enter here" - was plastered at the Harbour's mouth as a warning to all souls sent there.
In 1822, eight convicts escaped Macquarie Harbour in a fateful bid for freedom. This band of Irish, English and Scottish thieves were immediately hurled into chaos as their plan failed and they were thrust into the heart of a harsh and foreboding landscape. With little food or equipment, in a place these immigrants knew little about, they battled a merciless enemy - the unforgiving, barren land - a land where God wields an axe.
The true story of Australia's most notorious convict, Alexander Pearce and his infamous escape into the beautiful yet brutal Tasmanian wilderness.
A point of no return for convicts banished from their homeland, Van Diemen's Land was a feared and dreaded penal settlement at the end of the earth. The entrance to its remote station of secondary punishment, Macquarie Harbour, was named 'Hell’s Gates' by its prisoners as a reference to the gates of hell in Dante's 'Inferno' - "Abandon all hope ye who enter here" - was plastered at the Harbour's mouth as a warning to all souls sent there.
In 1822, eight convicts escaped Macquarie Harbour in a fateful bid for freedom. This band of Irish, English and Scottish thieves were immediately hurled into chaos as their plan failed and they were thrust into the heart of a harsh and foreboding landscape. With little food or equipment, in a place these immigrants knew little about, they battled a merciless enemy - the unforgiving, barren land - a land where God wields an axe.
Special Features
- Audio commentary with director and co-writer Jonathan auf der Heide, co-writer and lead actor Oscar Redding and cinematographer Ellery Ryan
- A Journey Up River: Making Van Diemen's Land
- Three additional featurettes: The Battle of the Beards, Subtleties of the Slate and From Bailbo to Van Diemen's Land
- Theatrical teaser and trailer
- Original Storyboards
- ATOM study guide
- Actors
- Distributor
- Madman
- Year of Release
- 2009
- Country of Origin
- Australia
- Run Time (minutes)
- 104
- Language
- English
- Subtitle Language
- English - HI
- Number of Discs
- 1
- First Released
- 2010-01-20
- Disc Packaging
- Box set
- DVD Region
- 4
- Video Format
- PAL
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