Burke & Wills
Burke & Wills is a 1985 Australian adventure film directed by Graeme Clifford, starring Jack Thompson and Nigel Havers. The film is based on the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition across Australia.
Plot
Irish explorer Robert O'Hara Burke (Thompson) and British scientist William John Wills (Havers), have set out to make the first maps of the interior region of the Australian continent in 1860. During their journey, they and their compatriots run low on food and suffer from heat exhaustion until there is only one survivor.
More details
| author | Michael Thomas |
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| director | Graeme Clifford |
| editor | Tim Wellburn |
| genre | adventure drama |
| keywords | 1860 burke and wills expedition robert o'hara burke william john wills |
| musicBy | Peter Sculthorpe |
| nomination | AACTA Award for Best Cinematography AACTA Award for Best Costume Design AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score AACTA Award for Best Sound |
| producer | John Sexton |
| productionCompany | Hoyts Edgley |
| publisher | Hoyts Distribution |