Hell's Gates

2008
21m

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Adventure Biography History Short Thriller Western

The true story of Alexander Pearce, Australia's most notorious convict. In 1822, he and seven fellow convicts escaped from Macquarie Harbour, a place of ultra banishment and punishment, only... Read allThe true story of Alexander Pearce, Australia's most notorious convict. In 1822, he and seven fellow convicts escaped from Macquarie Harbour, a place of ultra banishment and punishment, only to find a world less forgiving.. the Australian wilderness.The true story of Alexander Pearce, Australia's most notorious convict. In 1822, he and seven fellow convicts escaped from Macquarie Harbour, a place of ultra banishment and punishment, only to find a world less forgiving.. the Australian wilderness.

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Awards received by this film: 2007 Village Roadshow Award for Best Film (Hell's Gates); 2007 Film Victoria Award for Best 3rd Year Production (Hell's Gates); 2007 National Film and Sound Archive Award for Best Director (Hell's Gates); 2007 Emerging Film Maker 2008 - Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) (Hell's Gates); 2008 Best Student Film - Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) (Hell's Gates); and 2008 Brian Robinson Script Award (Hell's Gates).

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Quote: This thief colony might hereafter become a great empire, whose nobles will probably, like the nobles of Rome, boast of their blood - Thomas Keneally