Phar Lap (film)

Phar Lap
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySimon Wincer
Written byDavid Williamson
Produced byJohn Sexton
Starring
CinematographyRussell Boyd
Edited byTony Paterson
Music byBruce Rowland
Production
company
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 11 August 1983 (1983-08-11) (Australia)
  • 13 April 1984 (1984-04-13) (United States)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$5 million[1]
Box officeA$9,258,884 (Australia)
From the 1983 movie "Phar Lap" using a chestnut lookalike horse named "Towering Inferno".

Phar Lap (also released as Phar Lap: Heart of a Nation) is a 1983 Australian biographical drama film about the racehorse Phar Lap. The film stars Tom Burlinson and was written by David Williamson.

  1. ^ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p40

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