Aftershocks (film)
1998 film
Aftershocks is a 1998 Australian TV film based on the theatre production of the same name about the 1989 Newcastle earthquake, focussing on the Newcastle Workers Club.
Plot
The story of survivors of the 1989 Newcastle earthquake that destroyed the Newcastle Workers Club.
Cast
Jeremy Sims - John Constable
Lorna Lesley - Lyn Brown
Lynette Curran - Fay Asquith
Susie Porter - Marg Turnbull
Duncan Wass - Howard Gibson
Barbara Stephens - Elaine Gibson
Neil Fitzpatrick - Bob Asquith
Tina Bursill - Kerri Ingram
Geoff Kelso - Eddie Seymour
Ned Manning - Stan Gill
Barbara Morton - Nina Bailey
Production
Aftershocks went into production in August 1998 with filming beginning with the Newcastle Foreshore, Cooks Hill and the Newcastle Workers Club before moving to Sydney. The original play and the film adaptation takes words straight from interviews of people who were at the club at the time. Actors Lynette Curran and Jeremy Sims reprise their roles from the play.
Reception
The Sydney Morning Herald's Ali Gripper wrote "Aftershocks has the advantage of being based on fact.
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