FILMTSThe Shiralee1987

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How Long Is “The Shiralee”?

Name: The Shiralee
Genre: family, drama
Released: 1988-06-26
Duration: 120 min
Cast: Bryan Brown, Rebecca Smart, Noni Hazlehurst, Norman Kaye, Lorna Lesley

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19872hfamily • drama

Family film with a runtime of 120 minutes, released in 1987. Presented in English.

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Runtime2h

Minutes120

One SittingYes

With Break2h 12m

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The 1988 Australian miniseries Shiralee was, like the 1957 film of the same name, based on a bestselling novel by D'Arcy Niland. A shiralee is Australian slang for the bundle carried about by a swagman (a tramp or thief). In this instance, the "bundle" is the 10-year-old daughter of an Australian migrant laborer whose wife has left him. The laborer then takes his daughter on a long, "bonding" trek through the Outback. The effortless expertise of Bryan Brown as the swagman is matched by little Rebecca Smart as his daughter. For its American public TV debut in 1991, The Shiralee was shown in its two-hour version, which was released theatrically in some areas as Macauley's Daughter.

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Runtime2h

Can Finish TonightYes

One SittingYes

With Break2h 12m

Movie Facts

Release DateJune 26, 1988

Runtime2h

LanguageEnglish

Genresfamily, drama

DirectorGeorge Ogilvie

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