MoviesPrix

HomeMoviesSearchTV SeriesBookmarksView Source
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

The chant of the underdog

Genres

CrimeDramaHistory

OverView

The true story of a part Aboriginal man who finds the pressure of adapting to white culture intolerable, and as a result snaps in a violent and horrific manner.

Others

Budget

$1380000

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

113 mins

Rating

6.8/10

Release Date

21 June 1978

Country

Australia

Cast

Tom E. Lewis

Tom E. Lewis

Jimmie Blacksmith

Freddy Reynolds

Freddy Reynolds

Mort Blacksmith

Ray Barrett

Ray Barrett

Farrell

Jack Thompson

Jack Thompson

Rev. Neville

Don Crosby

Don Crosby

Jack Newby

Angela Punch McGregor

Angela Punch McGregor

Gilda Marshall

Steve Dodd

Steve Dodd

Tabidgi

Peter Carroll

Peter Carroll

McCready

Ruth Cracknell

Ruth Cracknell

Mrs. Heather Newby

Elizabeth Alexander

Elizabeth Alexander

Petra Graf

Peter Sumner

Peter Sumner

Dowie Steed

Tim Robertson

Tim Robertson

Healey

Ray Meagher

Ray Meagher

Dud Edmonds

Brian Anderson

Brian Anderson

Hyberry

Jane Harders

Jane Harders

Mrs. Healey

Julie Dawson

Julie Dawson

Martha Neville

Jack Charles

Jack Charles

Harry Edwards

Bryan Brown

Bryan Brown

Shearer

Arthur Dignam

Arthur Dignam

Man in Butcher Shop

Robyn Nevin

Robyn Nevin

Mrs. McCready

Gregory Apps

Gregory Apps

Smith

Jillian Archer

Jillian Archer

Young Nun

John Bowman

John Bowman

Mullett

Michael Carman

Michael Carman

J.C. Thomas

Bill Charlton

Bill Charlton

Jones

Liddy Clark

Liddy Clark

Kate

Matthew Crosby

Matthew Crosby

Timmy Newby

Marshall Crosby

Marshall Crosby

Peter Newby

Ian Gilmour

Ian Gilmour

Eddie

Ken Grant

Ken Grant

Wilson

Alan Hardy

Alan Hardy

Carmichael

Lauren Hutton

Lauren Hutton

John Jarratt

John Jarratt

Michaels

Thomas Keneally

Thomas Keneally

Cook

Terry McDermott

Terry McDermott

M.P.

Ray Marshall

Ray Marshall

Constable in Jail

Zac Martin

Zac Martin

Drunken Aborigine

Justine Saunders

Justine Saunders

Nancy

Alexandra Schepisi

Alexandra Schepisi

Baby Healey

Rob Steele

Rob Steele

Claude Lewis

Richard Ussher

Richard Ussher

English Clerk

Barbara Wyndon

Barbara Wyndon

Mervyn Drake

Mervyn Drake

Kelly

Kevin Miles

Kevin Miles

Knoller

Karlene Rogerson

Karlene Rogerson

Girl at Brentwood

Similar Movies

0.0

The Rocks of Valpre

January 1935 •English

A framed captain breaks jail and saves his ex-fiancée from blackmail.

0.0

Forja de almas

October 1943 •Spanish

Film based on the life of the priest Andrés Manjón.

8.1

Rashomon

August 1950 •Japanese

Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of justice. Through an ingenious use of camera and flashbacks, Kurosawa reveals the complexities of human nature as four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.

6.6

Basquiat

August 1996 •English

The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.

8.4

Fight Club

October 1999 •English

A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.

7.1

The Poseidon Adventure

December 1972 •English

When their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.

7.5

Apollo 13

June 1995 •English

The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from Earth, the astronauts work furiously with the ground crew to avert tragedy.

7.1

Frenzy

May 1972 •English

After a serial killer strangles several women with a necktie, London police identify a suspect—but he claims vehemently to be the wrong man.

7.4

The Experiment

March 2001 •German

20 volunteers agree to take part in a seemingly well-paid experiment advertised by the university. It is supposed to be about aggressive behavior in an artificial prison situation. A journalist senses a story behind the ad and smuggles himself in among the test subjects. They are randomly divided into prisoners and guards. What seems like a game at the beginning soon turns into bloody seriousness.

6.6

To Die For

September 1995 •English

Suzanne Stone wants to be a world-famous news anchor and she is willing to do anything to get what she wants. What she lacks in intelligence, she makes up for in cold determination and diabolical wiles. As she pursues her goal with relentless focus, she is forced to destroy anything and anyone that may stand in her way, regardless of the ultimate cost or means necessary.

7.8

Dances with Wolves

March 1990 •English

Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.

7.3

The Hours

December 2002 •English

"The Hours" is the story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a surprising, transcendent moment of shared recognition.

7.8

Solaris

March 1972 •Russian

A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station. He soon discovers that the water on the planet is a type of brain which brings out repressed memories and obsessions.

8.0

To Kill a Mockingbird

December 1962 •English

Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.

7.8

The Grapes of Wrath

March 1940 •English

Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.

7.9

Titanic

November 1997 •English

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.

8.1

Full Metal Jacket

June 1987 •English

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.

7.9

Downfall

September 2004 •German

In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the end finally does come, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender.

7.5

The Killing Fields

November 1984 •English

New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American photojournalist Al Rockoff. When the U.S. Army pulls out amid escalating violence, Schanberg makes exit arrangements for Pran and his family. Pran, however, tells Schanberg he intends to stay in Cambodia to help cover the unfolding story — a decision he may regret as the Khmer Rouge rebels move in.

8.0

Trainspotting

February 1996 •English

Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends -- Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind when Begbie shows up at his front door on the lam, and a scheming Sick Boy follows.