[Easttimorstudies] Answered by Fire postponed.

[Jennifer Drysdale]

>From: "Kate Barton" <katebarton50 at idx.com.au>
>To: "Timor Leste" <tl at pathoutofpoverty.et.unhdr>,
>         "Politics in Pub" <PIPconvenors at gaelicclub>
>Subject: ABC Drama!!  Answered by Fire postponed.
>Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 15:38:21 +1000
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>Subject: Fw: Media Release: ABC TV to move major drama
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>Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 12:34 PM
>Subject: Media Release: ABC TV to move major drama
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>Media Release 2006
>May 17, 2006
>
>ABC TV TO MOVE MAJOR DRAMA
>
>ABC TV has taken the unprecedented decision to move its landmark television
>drama, Answered by Fire.
>The two-part mini series will be held back one week, now premiering Sunday
>28 May, at 8.30pm.
>
>ABC Director of Television, Kim Dalton says the decision has been made to
>give the two-part
>Australian drama the best possible support. "The events of Beaconsfield are
>a remarkable story of
>survival and something that Australians are keenly interested in at this
>current moment. Answered by
>Fire is also the story of a major chapter in Australia's recent history -
>where Australians put
>their lives on the line to help a neighbour.
>
>"To place these two stories up against each other is to do a disservice to
>Australian viewers;
>therefore by holding back the premiere of Answered by Fire, ABC TV is giving
>people the opportunity
>to choose both - a win for Australian audiences."
>
>Inspired by the true events of 1999, Answered by Fire stars David Wenham as
>an Australian policeman
>who volunteers to join the United Nations' mission to East Timor, to oversee
>the country's vote on
>independence from Indonesia. The UN promised the East Timorese they would
>stay after the vote,
>regardless of the outcome. It was a promise they couldn't keep.
>
>Answered by Fire has already been acclaimed by Australian critics.
>
>"ABC has delivered with this beautiful two-part miniseries, an increasingly
>rare foray away from
>panel chatfests and British cop dramas. Artfully shot and with gut-wrenching
>performances, Answered
>by Fire inspires hope of a public-broadcaster-led renaissance in Australian
>drama." Alan
>Mascharenhas - Sydney Morning Herald.
>
>"Stunning...Well-written, the story moves at a cracking pace, has superb
>cinematography and great
>performances.Don't miss it". Robert Fidgeon - Herald Sun.
>
>"An electrifying mix of the personal, the political, the domestic and the
>dramatic...The
>storytelling is gripping and inexorable. even though we know the outcome,
>it's not possible to get
>off the edge of your seat in the hope or fear of a different result." Diana
>Simmonds - Sunday
>Telegraph.
>
>PART ONE - Sunday 28 May 8.30pm (repeated Saturday 3 June, 10.20pm)
>PART TWO - Sunday 4 June, 8.30pm (repeated Saturday 10 June, 10.20pm)
>
>ABC HEAD OF DRAMA, SCOTT MEEK IS AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW
>
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>For details contact:
>Liz Green
>ABC TV PUBLICITY
>Ph: 03 9524 2659
>M:0409 488 998
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