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Howzat! Kerry Packer's War

Howzat! Kerry Packer's War

Howzat! Kerry Packer's War

2012
Drama, Biography
TV Mini-Series
The Ashes is the pinnacle of world cricket with two old enemies, Australia and England, going head to head. This series is the story of World Series Cricket and its creator, Australian media mogul Kerry Packer, who signed up the world's greatest players and set up a parallel cricket competition. The Australian cricket team, visiting England in 1977 for the Ashes series, fields a team full of legends. Cricket is undergoing a revolution and the cricket establishment will be brought to its knees. (imdb)

Directed by:

Daina Reid
Daina-Reid
18 total credits
Credits include: The Handmaid's Tale, Run Rabbit Run, I Love You Too, Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story of INXS and Heroic

Writer:

Christopher Lee
Christopher-Lee
233 total credits
Lee had numerous parts in film and television throughout the 1950s but didn't achieve stardom until his association with Hammer Film Productions, which started with The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), Dracula (1958), The Mummy (1959), and The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959), all co-starring Peter Cushing...

Starring:

Mandy McElhinney
Mandy-McElhinney
9 total credits
Credits include: The Bank, Howzat! Kerry Packer's War, Paper Giants: Magazine Wars, Halifax: Retribution and Love Child
,
Lachy Hulme
Lachy-Hulme
12 total credits
Credits include: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Killer Elite, The Little Death, The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course and John Doe: Vigilante
,
Damon Gameau
Damon-Gameau
14 total credits
Credits include: That Sugar Film, The Tracker and The Kettering Incident
,
Matthew Le Nevez
Matthew-Le-Nevez
10 total credits
Credits include: Feed, Man-Thing, Legend of the Seeker, The Widow and The Kettering Incident
,
Robert Grubb
Robert-Grubb
10 total credits
Credits include: Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Gallipoli, Salem's Lot, My Brilliant Career and Phar Lap
,
Nicholas Bell
Nicholas-Bell
21 total credits
Credits include: Dark City, Shine, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark and Noise
,
Angus Sampson
Angus-Sampson
22 total credits
Credits include: Insidious, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Insidious: Chapter 2, Insidious: Chapter 3 and Insidious: The Last Key
,
Brendan Cowell
Brendan-Cowell
22 total credits
Credits include: Avatar: The Way of Water, Beneath Hill 60, Noise, The Monkey's Mask and Observance
,
Adam Zwar
Adam-Zwar
12 total credits
Credits include: Wilfred, Wilfred and The Wedding Party
,
Abe Forsythe
Abe-Forsythe
14 total credits
Credits include: Little Monsters, Down Under and Howzat! Kerry Packer's War
,
Cariba Heine
Cariba-Heine
7 total credits
Credits include: Bait, H2O: Just Add Water, A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne, Howzat! Kerry Packer's War and Hiding
,
Darrel Brown
Darrel-Brown
1 total credit
Credits include: Howzat! Kerry Packer's War

Genres:

Drama, Biography, Sport

Country:

Australia

Howzat! Kerry Packer's War

2012
Drama, Biography
TV Mini-Series
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01 Jun 2019
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Mini-series depiction of Packer's legendary battle suffers from a repetitive, drawn-out quality to justify a two-part time-slot (we get it, he wasn't nice to his secretary!) and a curious lack of genuine period feel, especially contrasted against the archival footage used. However it is generally well-acted and Hulme does a masterful job of capturing the charm and volatility of Packer - a straight bio of the character may have worked better than the interesting, but fairly thin scenario here.

Cast & Info

Directed by:

Daina Reid
Daina-Reid
18 total credits
Credits include: The Handmaid's Tale, Run Rabbit Run, I Love You Too, Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story of INXS and Heroic

Writer:

Christopher Lee
Christopher-Lee
233 total credits
Lee had numerous parts in film and television throughout the 1950s but didn't achieve stardom until his association with Hammer Film Productions, which started with The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), Dracula (1958), The Mummy (1959), and The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959), all co-starring Peter Cushing...

Starring:

Mandy McElhinney
Mandy-McElhinney
9 total credits
Credits include: The Bank, Howzat! Kerry Packer's War, Paper Giants: Magazine Wars, Halifax: Retribution and Love Child
,
Lachy Hulme
Lachy-Hulme
12 total credits
Credits include: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Killer Elite, The Little Death, The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course and John Doe: Vigilante
,
Damon Gameau
Damon-Gameau
14 total credits
Credits include: That Sugar Film, The Tracker and The Kettering Incident
,
Matthew Le Nevez
Matthew-Le-Nevez
10 total credits
Credits include: Feed, Man-Thing, Legend of the Seeker, The Widow and The Kettering Incident
,
Robert Grubb
Robert-Grubb
10 total credits
Credits include: Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Gallipoli, Salem's Lot, My Brilliant Career and Phar Lap
,
Nicholas Bell
Nicholas-Bell
21 total credits
Credits include: Dark City, Shine, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark and Noise
,
Angus Sampson
Angus-Sampson
22 total credits
Credits include: Insidious, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Insidious: Chapter 2, Insidious: Chapter 3 and Insidious: The Last Key
,
Brendan Cowell
Brendan-Cowell
22 total credits
Credits include: Avatar: The Way of Water, Beneath Hill 60, Noise, The Monkey's Mask and Observance
,
Adam Zwar
Adam-Zwar
12 total credits
Credits include: Wilfred, Wilfred and The Wedding Party
,
Abe Forsythe
Abe-Forsythe
14 total credits
Credits include: Little Monsters, Down Under and Howzat! Kerry Packer's War
,
Cariba Heine
Cariba-Heine
7 total credits
Credits include: Bait, H2O: Just Add Water, A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne, Howzat! Kerry Packer's War and Hiding
,
Darrel Brown
Darrel-Brown
1 total credit
Credits include: Howzat! Kerry Packer's War

Genres:

Drama, Biography, Sport

Country:

Australia
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