Down the Wind

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{{Infobox film

| name = Down the Wind

| image =

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| director = Scott Hicks
Kim McKenzie

| producer = Scott Hicks

| writer = Kim McKenzie

| based_on =

| narrator =

| starring = David Cameron
Penne Hackforth-Jones

| music =

| cinematography = Gus Howard

| editing = Kim McKenzie

| studio = Chrysalis Films

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|1975|08|28|df=yes}}

| runtime = 64 minutes

| country = Australia

| language = English

| budget = AU$22,000

| gross =

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Down the Wind is a 1975 Australian film which marked the directorial debut of Scott Hicks. He made it shortly after graduating from university.[http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/news/2008/04/scott-hicks-glass-a-portrait-of-philip-in-twelve-parts/ Nick Dawson, 'SCOTT HICKS, “GLASS: A PORTRAIT OF PHILIP IN TWELVE PARTS” ', Filmmaker Magazine, 18 April 2008] accessed 28 Sept 2012

Plot

Photographer Simon Jess is given an assignment to shoot backgrounds in the Snowy Mountains.

Cast

Production

The film was the second of two joint projects between Hicks and Kim McKenzie. They had previously made The Wanderer (1974) together.

The budget was mostly provided by the Film, Television and Radio Board of the Australian Council.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 292

Release

Screenings of the film were minimal.

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