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    The Wild Duck (film)

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    The Wild Duck
    Directed byHenri Safran
    Written byTutte Lemkow
    John Lind
    Dido Merwin
    Henri Safran
    Peter Smalley (additional material)
    Based onplay The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen
    Produced byPhillip Emmanuel
    StarringJeremy Irons
    Liv Ullmann
    CinematographyPeter James
    Edited byDon Saunders
    Music bySimon Walker
    Release date
    • 1984 (1984)
    Running time
    		95 minutes
    CountryAustralia
    LanguageEnglish
    Box officeA$115,664 (Australia)[1]

    The Wild Duck is a 1984 Australian film directed by Henri Safran and starring Jeremy Irons and Liv Ullmann. It was adapted from the 1884 play by Henrik Ibsen, with the drama relocated to Tasmania in 1913.[2][3]

    Cast

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    • Liv Ullmann as Gina
    • Jeremy Irons as Harold
    • Lucinda Jones as Henrietta
    • John Meillon as Major Ackland
    • Arthur Dignam as Gregory
    • Michael Pate as George
    • Colin Croft as Mollison
    • Rhys McConnochie as Dr. Roland
    • Marion Edward as Bertha
    • Peter Desalis as Peters
    • Jeff Truman as Johnson

    Soundtrack albums

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    The music score for this movie by Simon Walker was released as soundtrack albums in 1988 by Southern Cross Records (SCCD 1019) and in 2019 by Dragon's Domain Records (DDR661).

    See also

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    • The Daughter, another adaptation of the play

    References

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    1. ^ "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria Retrieved 29 June 2021.
    2. ^ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p. 194.
    3. ^ "The Wild Duck (1983)". BFI. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
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    • Canby, Vincent (22 May 1985). "Film: Liv Ullmann and Jeremy Irons in Ibsen's 'Wild Duck' The Wild Duck". The New York Times. p. 8.
    • The Wild Duck at IMDb
    • The Wild Duck at Oz Movies


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