Strikebound

1984
1h 41m

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The dramatised story of a coal-miners' strike in 1930s Australia, in the small south Gippsland town of Korumburra. The story is told through the struggles of Agnes and Wattie Doig, two Scott... Read allThe dramatised story of a coal-miners' strike in 1930s Australia, in the small south Gippsland town of Korumburra. The story is told through the struggles of Agnes and Wattie Doig, two Scottish immigrants, who were real people.The dramatised story of a coal-miners' strike in 1930s Australia, in the small south Gippsland town of Korumburra. The story is told through the struggles of Agnes and Wattie Doig, two Scottish immigrants, who were real people.

Director
- Richard Lowenstein
Writers
- Richard Lowenstein
- Wendy Lowenstein
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6.7/10

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Director
- Richard Lowenstein
Writers
- Richard Lowenstein
- Wendy Lowenstein
Stars

2User reviews

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Awards
- 1 win & 8 nominations total

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The movie about 1930s mining in Australia was partially filmed at a real-life and now disused and defunct mine in Wonthaggi, Gippsland in the state of Victoria in Australia.

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Featured in Richard Lowenstein on the Making of 'Strikebound' (1985)

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5/10

Worthy as history, but not very entertaining

This docudrama is based on the memories of Wattie and Agnes Doig, a miner and his wife who were involved in the Gippsland coal miners' strike of 1937. In the film, Chris Haywood and Carol Burns play Wattie and Agnes, in this dramatization of real events.

It's kind of interesting without being gripping, and is reminiscent of many British films of coal miners, an impression reinforced by the Welsh, Scottish and regional English accents of many of the participants. It's a competent recreation of the strike, but the action is sometimes confusing.

Likewise, the cinematography is variable, some clear sections contrasting between long periods of darkness when the action takes place underground or at night.

This is the debut of director Richard Lowenstein, but it is not as effective as Lowenstein's later contemporary films. Though the film's heart is in the right place, on the side of the oppressed workers, it is not particularly entertaining.