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Holding the Man
- Year of completion
- 2015
- Content type
- Narrative Content
- Format
- Feature
- Genre
- Drama
- Duration
- 127 minutes
- Production Status
- Completed
Synopsis
Based on the much loved and hugely successful memoir and stage play of the same name, HOLDING THE MAN is the warm, funny and achingly sad story of the 15-year long love affair between Timothy Conigrave and the boy he fell in love with at high school, John Caleo. Tim was an aspiring actor. John, the captain of the school football team. Their relationship blossomed and endured in the face of prejudice and adversity.
Cast and Crew
Writer
Tommy MurphyDirector
Neil ArmfieldProducer
Kylie du FresneExecutive Producer
Cameron Huang, Rosemary Blight, Tristan Whalley, Richard Payten, Andrew Mackie, Ben GrantDirector of Photography
Germain McMicking ACSEditor
Dany CooperCast
Ryan Corr, Craig Stott, Kerry Fox, Camilla Ah Kin, Sarah Snook, Guy Pearce, Anthony LaPaglia,Screen Australia Supported
Production
Development
Awards
2015 — AWGIE Awards
Screenings
Sales
Australian Sales
Transmission Films Pty LimitedInternational Sales
Goalpost FilmProduction Company
Goalpost Pictures Australia Pty LtdHTM Film Productions Pty Ltd
Photography
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