The Dawn Fraser Story
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| The Dawn Fraser Story | |
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| Directed by | Joy Cavill Lee Robinson |
| Written by | Joy Cavill |
| Starring | Dawn Fraser |
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Production
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Waratah Film Productions
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| Distributed by | TCN 9 |
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Release dates
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14 December 1964[1] |
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Running time
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54 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
The Dawn Fraser Story is a 1964 documentary film about Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser. It was made by Joy Cavill, who later made a feature film about Fraser, Dawn! (1979), and had a romantic relationship with her.[2] It is one of the few Australian documentary films of the time to be directed by a woman.[3]
Filming began in August 1964.[4]
While filming at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, Cavill suffered a heart attack.[5]
References
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- ↑ David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980 p111
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- ↑ Pat Gillespie, "Joy Cavill", Cinema Papers, May 1990 p79
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