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February 12, 2010 This time last year I had needed to return to my cinema projection job, cursing the inconsistent film industry in which I am attempting to build my career and make a living. Fortunately 2010 has already got off to an amazing start as I wrap up my first feature film project and prepare to shoot a fortnight of the Adelaide International Arts Festival ahead of a possible film in London. Oranges and Sunshine is the first feature film by UK director Jim Loach. The son of Ken Loach, Jim had grown up in the world of film-making and has an impressive portfolio of UK television and short film to his credit. He is the nicest person, as is his producer Camilla Bray, a positive energy that flowed down through the entire production making it a joy to work on. The film deals with the scandal of the English orphans forcibly emigrated to Australia between the 1950’s and the 1970’s and one social worker’s attempt to uncover the truth and re-unite families. The stellar cast is led by Emily Watson with David Wenham and Hugo Weaving, in our forth film together. Set in the 1980’s, the film shot in Nottingham, England before coming to my home town Adelaide and then on to the rugged landscape of Arkaroola in the Flinders Ranges, South Australia. 
Oranges and Sunshine cast and crew on a light plane to Arkaroola. Feburary 2010.
The English
crew members suffered in the intense outback heat coupled with
an apocalyptic assault of flies in the rugged Arkaroola location, it
tested even us hardened Aussies. To every one’s surprise they were not
the only Englishmen in the remote region with no less than Lord
Monckton, the outspoken climate change sceptic, sharing our
accommodation with his wife and friend, Australian climate change denier
Ian Plimer. I wrote and letter to the Sydney Morning Herald about the
strange meeting and an amusing incident that unfolded.
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