BONZA - Australia & New Zealand Database

newspaper - Angry Youth and Hard Knocks City Express (Sydney). 26-11-1980. p.n.p.

Barrie Pattison

This article is fundamentally a review of "Hard Knocks." Pattison often juxtaposes the film against shallow television programmes such as 'Prisoner' in an at...[full record]

chapter - Australian Film 1978-1992 : Hard Knocks . 00-00-1993. p.79

Marcus Breen

Breen offers a basic synopsis of the film and it's fundamental themes and concerns. He often emphasises the role of the film in terms of it's portreyal of '...[full record]

journal - Fast-Moving Study In Frustration The Bulletin. p.86

Sandra Hall

Hall's initial and continuing point relates to the film's motivation: as a social statement! Such a motivation on behalf of McLennan and Boner (the films Wri...[full record]

newspaper - From Punk To Model The Age. 10-10-1980. p.n.p.

Colin Bennett

Bennett believed "Hard Knocks" truly attempted to depict a 'slice of life' portrait of 'a punk delinquent turned fashion model.' To this end, he sees the fil...[full record]

newspaper - From Teenage Thief to Model: Tracy Steals Show The Sun. 21-11-1980. p.n.p.

John Hanrahan

The article begins by listing "Hard Knocks" AFI awards success where it won the 'Jury Prize,' and 'Best Actress' categories (Tracy Mann). Hanrahan attributes...[full record]

newspaper - Going Straight National Times (Sydney). 02-11-1980. p.55

John Hindle

Hindle found the film's strength to lie in it's steely look at one aspect of the eighties contemporary society - youth and crime, which he talks about as emi...[full record]

picture - Hard Knocks . 00-00-1980

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newspaper - Tracy Gives TV Past a Hard Knock Sun-Herald. 16-11-1980. p.n.p

Author Unknown

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newspaper - Tracy Gives TV Past a Hard Knock Sun Herald. 11-11-1980. p.n.p

Author Unknown

This article is concerned fundamentally with the professional development of the film "Hard Knocks" lead actress - Tracy Mann (Samantha). By denouncing her c...[full record]