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The Mark: The Australian Game: A Thirteen Part Doco-Drama for...

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Thirteen-part Australian Rules drama
Blends history and contemporary life
Melbourne family football saga
160 years of Australian evolution
Doco-drama screenplay format
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THE MARK The Australian Game A Thirteen Part DocoDrama for Television by Paul Smith A Sherrin football flies through the air, in slowmotion Jimmys hands and face come into view as he catches the ball and cries mark! In the back alley Jimmy falls to the ground, rolls over clutching the ball and bumps into a pair of legs. He looks up and sees his Grandpa Stan staring down at him. The Rooneys are a typical battling Melbourne family...their lives revolve around work and the struggle to survive in these unsettling times...a struggle made bearable through religion (Australian Rules Football). Their lives and love of this great game form the basis for this intriguing series blending1. The contemporary life of the Rooneys during an A.F.L. season. 2. The historical drama of the family from the eighteen hundreds.3. Documentary footage, interviews and reenactments to tell the fascinating story of Australian Rules Football and the concurrent development of Australian culture and character. A contemporary and historical drama showing the evolution of Australia for the past 160 years and of a typical Australian family and the tribal game as played by aborigines prior to the arrival of the white settlers to the fast, furious, big business sport that it is today. COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITHS VERSION OF HAFIZS DIVAN."It is not a joke... the English version of ALL the ghazals of Hafiz is a great feat and of paramount importance. I am astonished. If he comes to Iran I will kiss the fingertips...

SKU: M9781481128322
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Binding: Paperback;162 pages; Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP; Classification: N/A; Weight: 367.66 g; Dimensions: N/A

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