THE LITTLE CONVICT Rare AUSTRALIAN Movie Press Sheet

 

Original Country of Origin Australian Press sheet, single page, printed one side only, fine – very fine condition.
 
Australian Press sheets provide important historical information on movies, particularly for those that were filmed in Australia. They often comprised a single page sometimes printed on both sides, sometimes not and occasionally four or more pages. They would generally include a synopsis of the film and cast details plus information about posters and newspaper advertising. They have been neglected over the years and were usually thrown away after use but it would be good to see an historical archive of all Australian press sheets.

 

The Little Convict (1979)

Directed by Yoram Gross.

With Rolf Harris, Paul Bertram, Ron Falk, Gary Files, Anne Haddy, Brian Harrison, Sean Hinton, Harry Lawrence, Gary Marika, Richard Meikle, Kerry McGuire, Shane Porteous, Barbara Frawley, Paul Bertram, Tim Aherne

The Little Convict is a 1979 Australian film directed by Yoram Gross based on an original story by Gross.
The movie was a commercial disappointment. "It was screening in the mornings only, which is bloody nonsense," said Gross. "We realised that we'd always be struggling for screens because those big companies were committed to American movies. We were playing against 'The Muppets', so why would they invest any money to promote our films? That's when we began to move more and more into television."
An old artist sets up some paintings at Luna Park, Sydney, planning to sell them, but has trouble attracting any people until he performs "Jake the Peg". Most of the crowd move on again when the performance finishes, being uninterested in his paintings, so he starts telling his granddaughter about their origins.
We then travel back in time to a British convict ship, the "Northern Star", as it sails towards a tiny colony on Sydney Cove with sixty-four convicts on board.

 

 

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