The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith Blu-ray
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Posted July 10, 2019 05:14 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber have detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of Fred Schepisi's film The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978), starring Tommy Lewis, Ray Barrett, Jack Thompson, Steve Dodd, and Peter Carroll. The two-disc release will be available for purchase on September 17.
Synopsis: Jimmie Blacksmith (Tommy Lewis), a man of half-Aboriginal ancestry, is pushed to the breaking point by the racist oppression perpetrated by the British in their rule of Australia in 1900, and by his inability to acclimate to Western culture. Raised in a white Christian family but never recognized by white individuals as their equal, Blacksmith undergoes frequent humiliations that provoke a violent response when he brutally murders his employer's family.
SPECIAL FEATURES AND TECHNICAL SPECS:
DISC ONE
Synopsis: Jimmie Blacksmith (Tommy Lewis), a man of half-Aboriginal ancestry, is pushed to the breaking point by the racist oppression perpetrated by the British in their rule of Australia in 1900, and by his inability to acclimate to Western culture. Raised in a white Christian family but never recognized by white individuals as their equal, Blacksmith undergoes frequent humiliations that provoke a violent response when he brutally murders his employer's family.
SPECIAL FEATURES AND TECHNICAL SPECS:
DISC ONE
- International Version (117 minutes)
- Interview with director Fred Schepisi and DP Ian Baker
- Interview with star Tommy Lewis
- Trailer
- Australian Version (122 minutes)
- Audio commentary by Fred Schepisi
- Introduction by Fred Schepisi
- Booklet essay by film critic Peter Tonguette