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Hammers Over the Anvil

19945.5 / 1097 min

Romance, Drama

Overview

An aristocratic Englishwoman, an Australian horseman and a young boy on a journey towards the exciting but forbidden world of adults.

Set in the summer of 1910 in Australia the film follows the story of 14 year old Alan Marshall (Alexander Outhread) as he stumbles out of childhood towards the exciting yet forbidding world of adulthood. For Alan, despite the effects of polio, there is only one passion in life - to become a great horseman just like his hero, the reclusive horse trainer East Driscoll (Russell Crowe). Alan is one of East's few friends and also one of the few who knows about the affair between East and the aristocratic English woman Grace McAlister (Charlotte Rampling). Things inevitably take a turn towards the tragic when East becomes determined to force Grace to leave her husband and run away with him. Hammers Over The Anvil is an evocative coming of age film from Australian director Ann Turner.

Cast

Russell Crowe

East Driscoll

Charlotte Rampling

Grace McAlister

Alexander Outhread

Alan Marshall

Frankie J. Holden

Bushman Marshall

Jake Frost

Joe Carmichael

Alethea McGrath

Mrs. Bilson

John Rafter Lee

Charles McAlister

Frank Gallacher

Mr. Thomas the Preacher

Amanda Douge

Nellie Bolster

Kirsty McGregor

Elsie Marshall

Daphne Grey

Mrs. Herbert

Caroline Kemp

Lucy Taylor

Sam Nightingale

Freckles Jack

Syd Brisbane

Duke the Dance Caller

Peter Osborn

Father Finnegan

Wayne Pygram

Snarley Burns

Crew

Suzie Warhurst-Steele

Makeup Artist

Tony Cronin

Set Dressing Buyer

Jane Surrich

Makeup Artist

Gary Buss

Unit Manager

Barbara Gibbs

Production Manager

Monica Pearce

Second Assistant Director

Julie Ferrand

Property Builder

Beverley Freeman

Additional Hairstylist

Geoffrey Giuffre

Third Assistant Director

Sash Lamey

Hairstylist

Guy Allain

Painter

Peter Collias

Scenic Artist

Chris Webb

First Assistant Director

Tamara Pankiw

Draughtsman

Tony Cronin

Set Dresser

John Santucci

Standby Property Master

Andrew Plumer

Set Dresser

Tim Stanley

Carpenter

Arthur Vette

Carpenter

Steve Burgess

ADR Recordist

John Moore

Construction Manager

Deborah Wilde

Art Department Coordinator

Tony Rosella

Runner Art Department

Brenton Grear

Carpenter

Christo Reid

Painter

Andrew Plumer

Set Dressing Buyer

Tony Xeros

Set Dresser

Scott Piper

Boom Operator

Ronny Reinhard

Assistant Sound Editor

Hugh Hartshorne

Still Photographer

Bernadette Van Gyen

Stunt Double

Lea Reid

Stunt Double

David Foreman

Additional Camera

Phil Tipene

Location Sound Recordist

Rex Watts

Sound Editor

Werner Gerlach

Best Boy Grip

Zev Eleftheriou

Stunt Coordinator

James Currie

Sound Mixer

Robin Morgan

Grip

Brad Shield

Steadicam Operator

Pete Smith

Sound Mixer

Darrin Ballangarry

Electrician

John Simpson

Foley Mixer

Darrin Keough

First Assistant Camera

Paul Huntingford

Sound Editor

Anne Le Campion

ADR Recordist

Dean Gawen

Sound Editor

Ashley Grenville

Sound Editor

Jan Killen

Extras Casting

Heather Muirhead

Production Secretary

Robbie Van Amstel

Assistant Grip

Jennifer Mitchell

Additional Still Photographer

Lyddy Van Gyen

Additional Camera

Tracey Richardson

Seamstress

Oliver Streeton

Title Designer

Peter Gawler

Script Editor

Serge Thomann

Additional Still Photographer

David Williamson

Camera Operator

Ruth De la Lande

Wardrobe Supervisor

Christopher Webster

Dresser

Ian Letcher

Color Grading

Trevor Toune

Gaffer

Maria Kaltenthaler

First Assistant Editor

Kristin Witcombe

Continuity

Christine Woodruff

Music Coordinator

Jules Wurm

Clapper Loader

David Lightfoot

Location Manager

Sue Smith

Script Editor

Sandi Cichello

Costumer

Ann Turner

Director

Ben Gannon

Producer

Not Drowning Waving

Original Music Composer

Vicki Niehus

Art Direction

Ross Major

Costume Design

James Bartle

Director of Photography

Ken Sallows

Editor

Ann Turner

Screenplay

Peter Hepworth

Screenplay

Ross Major

Production Design