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| name = Hard Knocks
| name = Hard Knocks
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| image = Hard Knocks 1980.jpg
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| caption = Film poster
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| director = [[Don McLennan]]
| director = [[Don McLennan]]
| producer =
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| writer = Hilton Bonner<br>Don McLennan
| writer = Hilton Bonner<br>Don McLennan
| based on =
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| starring = [[Tracy Mann]]<br>Bill Hunter<br>[[Max Cullen]]<br>Tony Barry <br>Kirstie Grant
| starring = [[Tracy Mann]]<br>[[Bill Hunter (actor)|Bill Hunter]]<br>[[Max Cullen]]<br>[[Tony Barry]] <br>Kirstie Grant
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| studio = Ukiyo Films
| studio = Ukiyo Films
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| released = 1980
| released = {{Film date|1980}}
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| country = Australia
| country = Australia
| language = [[English language|English]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
| budget = AU $33,500<ref name="stratton2">David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p216-218</ref>
| budget = AU $33,500<ref name="stratton2">David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 pp. 216–218</ref>
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'''''Hard Knocks''''' is a 1980 film.
'''''Hard Knocks''''' is a 1980 Australian film directed by [[Don McLennan]].

==Cast==

* [[Tracy Mann]] as Samantha
* [[Bill Hunter (actor)|Bill Hunter]] as Brady
* [[Max Cullen]] as Newman
* [[Tony Barry]] as Barry
* Kirstie Grant
* [[Tony Bonner]] as Bar Patron


==Production==
==Production==
Don McLennan got the idea to make the film from a story in the newspaper about an ex-prisoner who becomes a model. He wrote a script and got the money to make a 50-minute film but decided to turn it into a feature. It was made for $35,000 and Trevor Lucas of Andromeda Films paid for post production.<ref name="stratton2"/>
Director Don McLennan got the idea to make the film from a story in the newspaper about an ex-prisoner who becomes a model. He wrote a script and got the money to make a 50-minute film but decided to turn it into a feature. It was made for $35,000 and Trevor Lucas of Andromeda Films paid for post production.<ref name="stratton2"/>

==Soundtrack==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Chart (1980)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=322}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|62
|}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{imdb title|0080840}}
*{{IMDb title|0080840}}
*[http://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/hard-knocks ''Hard Knocks''] at Oz Movies
*[http://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/hard-knocks ''Hard Knocks''] at Oz Movies


[[Category:Australian films]]
[[Category:Australian drama films]]
[[Category:1980 films]]
[[Category:1980 films]]
[[Category:English-language films]]
[[Category:1980s English-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Don McLennan]]
[[Category:1980s Australian films]]





Latest revision as of 13:08, 1 May 2024

Hard Knocks
Film poster
Directed byDon McLennan
Written byHilton Bonner
Don McLennan
StarringTracy Mann
Bill Hunter
Max Cullen
Tony Barry
Kirstie Grant
Production
company
Ukiyo Films
Release date
  • 1980 (1980)
LandAustralien
SpracheEnglisch
BudgetAU $33,500[1]

Hard Knocks is a 1980 Australian film directed by Don McLennan.

Cast

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Production

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Director Don McLennan got the idea to make the film from a story in the newspaper about an ex-prisoner who becomes a model. He wrote a script and got the money to make a 50-minute film but decided to turn it into a feature. It was made for $35,000 and Trevor Lucas of Andromeda Films paid for post production.[1]

Soundtrack

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Chart (1980) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 62

References

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  1. ^ a b David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 pp. 216–218
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 322. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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