Poster of Back to the Back of Beyond

Back to the Back of Beyond

Plot: Film-maker John Heyer recounts to fellow film-maker Pat Jackson his film career, especially his award-winning film from 1954, the Australian classic Back of Beyond. At the same time as the two friends are in conversation the "original" Tom Kruse, outback mailman and the subject of Heyer's film, is retracing his journey of over 40 years before across the inland desert of Australia to bring the mail to the isolated people along the 325 mile stock-route from Queensland to South Australia
Release Date: Tuesday, April 1 1997
27 years ago
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Portrait of John HeyerJohn Heyer
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Portrait of Pat JacksonPat Jackson
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Portrait of Tom KruseTom Kruse
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Portrait of Robert FrancisRobert Francis
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Portrait of John IzzardJohn Izzard
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