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Hammers Over the Anvil(1994)
Status: Released
Date: 1994-07-22
55%
15 Votes
Time: 1h 37m
An aristocratic Englishwoman, an Australian horseman and a young boy on a journey towards the exciting but forbidden world of adults.
Overview:
Set in the summer of 1910 in Australia the film follows the story of 14 year old Alan Marshall (Alexander Outhread) as he stumbles out of childhood towards the exciting yet forbidding world of adulthood. For Alan, despite the effects of polio, there is only one passion in life - to become a great horseman just like his hero, the reclusive horse trainer East Driscoll (Russell Crowe). Alan is one of East's few friends and also one of the few who knows about the affair between East and the aristocratic English woman Grace McAlister (Charlotte Rampling). Things inevitably take a turn towards the tragic when East becomes determined to force Grace to leave her husband and run away with him. Hammers Over The Anvil is an evocative coming of age film from Australian director Ann Turner.
Languages: English.
Countries:
Australia
ProductionCompanies: 
Harvest Productions Pty. Ltd.
Movie: Hammers Over the Anvil
Top 10 Billed Cast
Russell Crowe
East Driscoll
Charlotte Rampling
Grace McAlister
Frankie J. Holden
Bushman Marshall
Alethea McGrath
Mrs. Bilson
John Rafter Lee
Charles McAlister
Frank Gallacher
Mr. Thomas the Preacher
Amanda Douge
Nellie Bolster
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Overview
Set in the summer of 1910 in Australia the film follows the story of 14 year old Alan Marshall (Alexander Outhread) as he stumbles out of childhood towards the exciting yet forbidding world of adulthood. For Alan, despite the effects of polio, there is only one passion in life - to become a great horseman just like his hero, the reclusive horse trainer East Driscoll (Russell Crowe). Alan is one of East's few friends and also one of the few who knows about the affair between East and the aristocratic English woman Grace McAlister (Charlotte Rampling). Things inevitably take a turn towards the tragic when East becomes determined to force Grace to leave her husband and run away with him. Hammers Over The Anvil is an evocative coming of age film from Australian director Ann Turner.
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1994-07-22
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5.5
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An aristocratic Englishwoman, an Australian horseman and a young boy on a journey towards the exciting but forbidden world of adults.
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