| newspaper - Angry Youth and Hard Knocks City Express (Sydney). 26-11-1980. p.n.p. |
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Barrie Pattison
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| 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]
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| chapter - Australian Cinema: Critical Cinema in review : On the Fringe . 00-00-1985. pp.81-100 |
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Sandra Hall
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| This chapter grups together a number of low budget films made in the 70/80's which present a sie of Australian life which was rarely exposed. The films subj...[full record]
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| chapter - Australian Film 1978-1992 : Hard Knocks . 00-00-1993. p.79 |
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Marcus Breen
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| 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]
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| journal - Fast-Moving Study In Frustration The Bulletin. p.86 |
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Sandra Hall
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| 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]
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| newspaper - From Punk To Model The Age. 10-10-1980. p.n.p. |
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Colin Bennett
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| 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]
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| newspaper - From Teenage Thief to Model: Tracy Steals Show The Sun. 21-11-1980. p.n.p. |
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John Hanrahan
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| 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]
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| newspaper - Going Straight National Times (Sydney). 02-11-1980. p.55 |
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John Hindle
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| 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]
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| picture - Hard Knocks . 00-00-1980 |
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| newspaper - Hard Knocks/Mouth to Mouth Los Angeles Weekly |
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Author Unknown
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| "I learned i'm glad i'm no longer a youth"
From Mouth to MOuth "youths will learn that there are some films that do see their problems seriously and sympathe...[full record]
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| book - Puberty Blues: Australian feature films in the classroom . 00-00-1981 |
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Barbara Boyd-Anderson
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| Discusses themes such as sexuality, drug use, peer group pressure etc as well as an interview with one of the stars as well as a list of short films related ...[full record]
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| newspaper - The Rebel With a Cause - To Shake Off Her Past The Sun. p.57 |
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Author Unknown
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| Author 'Unknown' seems transfixed on the fact that the film is staged around 'underprivileged inner-city Melbourne,' more specifically in the back streets of...[full record]
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| newspaper - Tracy Gives TV Past a Hard Knock Sun-Herald. 16-11-1980. p.n.p |
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Author Unknown
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| newspaper - Tracy Gives TV Past a Hard Knock Sun Herald. 11-11-1980. p.n.p |
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Author Unknown
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| 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]
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| journal - Whatever Happened to National Identity? Metro M100. . pp.32-35 |
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Graeme Turner
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| Turner discusses the construction of Ausralianess in film's. He plots the notion of national identity as a chronology from the 70's film revival until the 9...[full record]
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