Van Diemens Land (film)
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Director Jonathan Auf Der Heide Duration Producer Maggie Miles Language EnglishIrish | 6/10 IMDb Genre Biography, Drama, History Running time 1h 44m Country Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 24 September 2009 (2009-09-24) Initial release September 24, 2009 (Australia) Cast Oscar Redding (Alexander Pearce), Arthur Angel (Robert Greenhill), Paul Ashcroft (Matthew Travers), Mark Leonard Winter (Alexander Dalton), (John Mathers), (William Kennerly)Similar movies Mad Max: Fury Road , John Wick , Taken 3 , The Purge: Anarchy , Ravenous , The Hunger Games: Catching Fire |
Van diemen s land trailer
Van Diemen's Land is a 2009 Australian thriller set in 1822 in colonial Tasmania. It follows the story of the infamous Irish convict, Alexander Pearce, played by Oscar Redding and his escape with seven other convicts. The voice-over and some of the dialogue is in Irish.
Contents
- Van diemen s land trailer
- Van diemen s land official trailer
- Plot
- Cast
- Release and reception
- Box office
- References

Van diemen s land official trailer
Plot

A group of transported convicts, suffering brutal treatment at the Sarah Island penal settlement on Van Diemens Land, escape into the Tasmanian wilderness in hopes of reaching the settlements to the east. Their enthusiasm and bravado soon give way to hunger, which saps their strength and causes them to despair. Former urban dwellers, the English, Irish and Scottish convicts realise that not only are they lost, but they do not even know how to hunt or fish. The oppressive nature of landscape becomes the setting for murder, as hunger forces the group to turn to cannibalism, killing and eating the members of the group one by one. The men do all in their power to keep moving, watch their back and avoid sleep, lest they be the next meal.

Cast

Release and reception

Van Diemen's Land was released to Australian cinemas on 24 September 2009, and was rated MA15+ for "strong violence and coarse language". It received mostly positive reviews, and as of 21 December 2014 it earned an 80% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 10 reviews with an average 6.6/10 rating. During the opening weekend, the film grossed $39,939 at the 9 theatres it played ($4,438 average).
Box office
Van Diemen's Land grossed $289,858 at the box office in Australia.
References
Van Diemen's Land (film) WikipediaVan Diemens Land (film) IMDb Van Diemens Land (film) themoviedb.org