The
IFTA nominated drama, ‘The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce’, an
Irish-Australian co-production has been picked up by UK broadcaster
Channel 4.
The
drama, which recently won an Inside Film Award and an APRA Screen Music
Award, stars Adrian Dunbar (The Crying Game), Ciaran McMenamin (One
Hundred Mornings), Dan Wyllie (Chopper), Don Hany (California King)
& Chris Haywood (Shine). The film depicts the final days of convict
Alexander Pearce’s life in Van Diemenâ...
Producer Nial Fulton & Director Michael James Rowland
THE LAST CONFESSION OF ALEXANDER PEARCE WINS AT THE 2009 INSIDE FILM AWARDS
The 2009 Inside Film Awards - Awards Room
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 18: Michael James Rowland, Nial Fulton and Corrie Soeterboek
pose with the a...
Acclaimed screen composer Roger Mason has received the Screen Music Award for Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie for The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce, the ABC telemovie that follows the final days of Irish convict Alexander Pearce as he awaits execution.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26297139-5013575,00.html
http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/ScreenAwards/Winners.aspx
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The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce
NOMINATED for the 2009 SCREEN MUSIC AWARDS! Huge congratulations to composer ROGER MASON!
 http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/ScreenAwards/Nominations.aspx#Mini_Series_Telemovie
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This high-quality BBC/ABC historical drama tells the gruesome
but true story of Irish convict turned cannibal, Alexander Pearce.
Launching nationwide with event screenings and being shown on the ABC
in March 2009. This fascinating tale boasts some of Australia's finest
young talent (both in front and behind the camera) and will shock and
enthral.
Starring Adrian Dunbar, Ciaran McMenamin, Dan Wyllie, Don Hany, Chris Haywood, Bob Franklin, Richard Green
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The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce director Michael James Rowland has been nominated at the Australian Directors Guild Awards.
Press release from the ADG
The Australian Directors Guild today announced the nominees for its 2009 peer-assessed awards, celebrating the creative achievement of directors in film, television and new media platforms.
ADG President, Ray Argall, said: “We congratulate all the nominees on the great work they have produced this year and look forward to seein...
Director: Michael James Rowland.
In 1824 the British penal colony of Van Diemens Land is little more than a living hell. Chained to a wall in the darkness of a cell under Hobart Gaol, Pearce is visited by Father Connolly, the parish priest of the fledgling colony and a fellow Irishman. The Last Confession Of Alexander Pearce will draw a visceral and compelling picture of a hell on earth and tell how one man endured the unimaginable by doing the unthinkable.
