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Fatty Finn

Maurice Murphy, Australia, 1980

91 min.FeatureChildren's films

The time is the 1930's. Australia like the rest of the world is in the grip of depression. For Aussie's one man lifted their spirits, Don Bradman. Arguably one of the greatest sportsmen of any sport, The Don's cricketing prowess was a ray of sunshine to all Australian, especially to one Hubert "Fatty" Finn. He had a dream, to own a crystal set ( very early radio receiver) so as to listen to Bradman flay the Pom's ( English) in the upcoming Ashes Test match. However that took money to buy and times were hard. Fatty uses his enterprise to raise money and promptly loses it as misfortune strikes time and again. Then of course his arch rival Bruiser Murphy is also plotting Fatty's downfall. If he can only win the goat race again he will have enough to pay for the crystal set; or will Bruiser Murphy gazump him? With his band of friends plus Trumper the frog and Hector the goat Fatty sets out to win the day. Hurray for Fatty Finn. Oh yes and Bradman made a record score in the test.
Basic information Credits
Original title Fatty Finn
Danish title Hubert Finn
Director Maurice Murphy
Screenplay Bob Ellis, Chris McGill
Director of Photography John Seale
Editor Robert Gibson
Composer Grahame Bond, Rory O'Donoghue
Appearance Ben Oxenbould, Rebecca Rigg, Jeremy Larsson
Production country Australia
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Companies

Production company The Australian Film Commission

Direction

Direction Maurice Murphy

Script

Script Bob Ellis
Script Chris McGill

Production

Production Brian Rosen

Cinematography

Cinematography John Seale

Editing

Editing Robert Gibson

Music

Music Grahame Bond
Music Rory O'Donoghue

Appearance

Appearance Ben Oxenbould
Appearance Rebecca Rigg
Appearance Jeremy Larsson

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