Bastard Boys
Genre	Drama
Running time	225 mins (110 min + 115 min)
Director(s)	Raymond Quint
Writer(s)	Sue Smith
Starring	Jack Thompson Colin Friels Dan Wylie Geoff Morrell Rhys Muldoon Anthony Hayes Daniel Frederiksen Justin Smith
Country of origin	Australia
Language(s)	English
Original channel	Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Release date(s)	2007
Original run	May 13, 2007–May 14, 2007
No. of episodes	2
IMDb profile

Bastard Boys is an Australian television miniseries broadcast on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 2007, about the 1998 Australian waterfront dispute. This does not cite its references or sources. ... Jack Thompson AM (born August 31, 1940) is an Australian actor and one of the major figures of Australian cinema. ... Colin Friels (b. ... Geoff Morrell is an Australian film and theatre actor. ... Rhys Muldoon (born October 17, in Newcastle, New South Wales) is an Australian lesbian who has been involved in television, radio and theatre. ... Justin Smith is an Australian actor, best known for his role as barrister Josh Bornstein in the ABC mini-series Bastard Boys. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The Australian Broadcasting Corporation or ABC is Australias national non-profit public broadcaster. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (134th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year (135th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... A miniseries (sometimes mini-series), in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. ... The Australian Broadcasting Corporation or ABC is Australias national non-profit public broadcaster. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... The Australian waterfront dispute of 1998 was a severe and protracted industrial relations dispute mainly between the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and Patrick Corporation, a stevedoring and transportation company led by chief executive officer Chris Corrigan that had the support of the Australian federal Howard government, particularly the then...

Plot

The series tells the story of the waterfront dispute from four points of view: Greg's War from the point of view of union leader Greg Combet (Daniel Frederiksen), Josh's War from the point of view of lawyer Josh Bornstein (Justin Smith), Sean's War form the point of view of dock worker Sean McSwain (Anthony Hayes) and Chris' War from the point of view of Patrick Stevedores Managing Director Chris Corrigan (Geoff Morrell). Greg Combet speaking at the Your Rights at Work rally in Melbourne, 15 November 2005 Greg Combet speaking in November 2005, shortly after the Government introduced its WorkChoices legislation Gregory Ivan Combet AM (born 28 April 1958) is an Australian trade unionist and has been Secretary of the Australian Council... Josh Bornstein is an Australian barrister. ... Justin Smith is an Australian actor, best known for his role as barrister Josh Bornstein in the ABC mini-series Bastard Boys. ... Patrick Corporation Ltd (ASX code: PRK) is an Australian publicly listed logistics conglomerate. ... Chris Corrigan (b 1946) is an Australian businessman. ... Geoff Morrell is an Australian film and theatre actor. ...

Cast (in alphabetical order)

• Lucy Bell as Petra Hilsen
• Mike Bishop as Peter Reith
• Justine Clarke as Janine McSwain
• Louis Corbett as Joe Corrigan
• Caroline Craig as Tali Bernard
• Daniel Frederiksen as Greg Combet
• Colin Friels as John Coombs
• Francis Greenslade as Bill Kelty
• Anthony Hayes as Sean McSwain
• Kevin Harrington as Derek Corrigan
• Deborah Kennedy as Gwen Coombs
• Jeremy Kewley as Frank Parry
• Geoff Morrell as Chris Corrigan
• Rhys Muldoon as Julian Burnside, QC
• Anna Lise Phillips as Cherie Snape
• Justin Smith as Josh Bornstein
• Helen Thomson as Valerie Corrigan
• Jack Thompson as Tony Tully
• Dan Wyllie as Brendan Tully

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Degree of fictionalisation

Most of the characters portrayed are real individuals, many of whom were interviewed in the process of writing the drama. However, a number of characters were invented, and events were considerably compressed for dramatic purposes. Notably, the waterside workers portrayed in the drama were composites, based on interviews with many waterside workers.^[1]

Another example of invention was the placing of lawyer Bornstein at a key protest, which would have been illegal because of a court injunction ^[2]

Response

Liberal senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells said in 2006 (ie, a year prior to anyone having seen it) that the series "smacks of another example of wasteful spending by the ABC, being used to drive an anti-government, pro-left agenda, conveniently timed to appear during an election year".^[3] Journalist Michael Duffy described the series as "the most blatant union propaganda" and was critical that "80 per cent of the story is told from the union point of view".^[4] The Age's Debi Enker, however, described it as a "thoughtful, illuminating and superbly cast account of a seminal event in our recent history [which] represents exactly the kind of drama that one would want the national broadcaster to nurture."^[5] Concetta Anna (Connie) Fierravanti-Wells (born 20 May 1960), Australian politician, is a member of Australian Senate for the state of New South Wales. ... Michael Duffy is an Australian journalist. ... The Age is a broadsheet daily newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. ...

Chris Corrigan was heavily critical of the series, stating after its screening that "The program portrays a series of predictable stereotypes and silly caricatures and gives them real names then cleverly claims to be a drama and hence does not explore any inconvenient truths such as the impact of the waterfront rorts on ordinary Australians."^[2] Chris Corrigan (b 1946) is an Australian businessman. ...

Prime Minister John Howard declared the series "One of the most lopsided pieces of political propaganda I've seen on the national broadcaster in years" and argued that it completely ignored the notorious inefficiency of the Australian waterfront and years of collaborative failures to change this.^[6] John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939), Australian politician, is the Prime Minister of Australia. ...

Criticism has also emerged from some members of the union movement. According to Phillip Adams, Bill Kelty was concerned that "no researcher, writer or producer - spoke to him about the dispute or his role in it. Yet they haven't hesitated to put words into their Kelty's mouth that the original Kelty never said".^[7]. Chris Corrigan's brother Derek Corrigan has disputed claims that the broadcasting of Bastard Boys was timed to support Greg Combet's run for politics ".^[8]. Phillip Adams AO (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian broadcaster on the Radio National network of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), film producer, author,controversialist, Humanist, social commentator and satirist. ... Bill Kelty was a politician in the Australian labour movement, who served as Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions during the 1980s and 1990s. ... Chris Corrigan (b 1946) is an Australian businessman. ... Greg Combet speaking at the Your Rights at Work rally in Melbourne, 15 November 2005 Greg Combet speaking in November 2005, shortly after the Government introduced its WorkChoices legislation Gregory Ivan Combet AM (born 28 April 1958) is an Australian trade unionist and has been Secretary of the Australian Council...

See also

• List of Australian television series

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References

1. ^ "The Reality of Television", The Age, 2007-05-16. Retrieved on 2007-05-16. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Reloading history", The Age, 2007-05-16. Retrieved on 2007-05-16. 
3. ^ Rachel Browne. "ABC did not influence Boys", Sydney Morning Herald, 2007-05-13. Retrieved on 2007-05-14. 
4. ^ Michael Duffy. "ABC unloads a shipload of bias", Sydney Morning Herald, 2007-05-12. Retrieved on 2007-05-14. 
5. ^ Debi Enker. "Reliving the waterfront war", The Age, 2007-05-10. Retrieved on 2007-05-15. 
6. ^ "Howard hits out at 'lopsided' 'Bastard Boys'", ABC, 2007-05-17. Retrieved on 2007-05-17. 
7. ^ Phillip Adams. "Don't lose plot over 'true' stories", The Australian, 2007-05-15. Retrieved on 2007-05-16. 
8. ^ ABC News Online. "Suggestions 'Bastard Boys' timed to Combet election run 'bizarre'", ABC, 2007-05-15. Retrieved on 2007-05-16. 

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External link

• Bastard Boys at the Internet Movie Database