Sound and the Silence, The - 2 x 90 mins TV Drama & Comedy (1991)

Alexander Bell was a boy who tried to hear the grass grow. He studied bird skeletons, dissected dead animals and played the piano brilliantly. He made friends with the school outcast, wrote poetry, made a machine to husk wheat and made a speaking machine. He also invented his own name - Alexander Graham Bell.
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AWARDS
1991 New Zealand Film & Television Awards:
Best Drama Series or Serial
Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male)

1992 Cable ACE Awards: Best International Movie or Series

1992 Gemini Awards:
Best Costumes
Best Cinematography
Best Art Direction


CREDITS

CAST

(NZ) JOHN BACH, BRENDA FRICKER, IAN BANNEN, ELIZABETH QUINN, VANESSA VAUGHAN, JEFFREY THOMAS, ALANNAH O'SULLIVAN
(O/SEAS) ELIZABETH QUINN, IAN BANNEN, DWIGHT BACQUIE, DAN MACDONALD, JONATHAN POTTS, CHRISTOPHER LEBLANC, JOEL WYNER, HENRY CZERNY, LAWRENCE BAYNE

 
PRODS KIM TODD, LUCIANO LISI
EXEC PRODS DON REYNOLDS, MICHAEL MCMILLAN
CYPRUSS EXEC JON GLASCOE, PEGGY JANUS
DIR JOHN HARRISON
CO-PROD JAN HAYNES
PROD CO-ORD NAOMI BURKE
PROD CO-ORD AKLD PAM HISLOP
PROD SEC BRENDA CANTELL
PROD ACCT SALLY CAMPBELL
ASST ACCT TANIA BETTANY
SPP CO-ORD SHARRON JACKSON
LOC MGR STH ISLAND ANNIE DODMAN
LOC ASST STH ISLAND SCOTT DONALDSON
LOC MGR NTH ISLAND LISA KISSIN
UNIT MGR JOHN WILSON
UNIT ASST LEE ALLISON
PROD RUNNER MATTHEW NOONAN
SET RUNNER SIMON MILLAR
1ST ASST DIR JESS HOBBS
2ND ASST DIR CHARLIE HASKELL
2ND ASST DIR SARAH MILN
3RD ASST DIR PHEE PHANSHELL
CONTINUITY ROWENA YALLAND
DOP/CAM OP RENE OHASHI
FOCUS PULLER PETER MCCAFFREY
CLAPPER LOADER ROB MARSH
CAM ASST GAVIN STROUD
STILLS PHOTOGRAPHER KEN GEORGE
KEY GRIP CHRISTOPHER DEAN
ASST GRIP PAUL MURPHY
GAFFER IAN BEALE
BEST BOY MARK SMITH
GENNIE OP MARK ARCHIBALD
ELECTRICIAN NTH ISLAND MARK GILLINGS
ELECTRICIAN STH ISLAND BRENDAN SHADBOLT
SND REC GRAHAM MORRIS
BOOM OP GRAHAM MCKINNEY
PROD DES SUSAN LONGMIRE
ASSOC DES RALPH DAVIES
ART DEPT MGR KATE HIGHFIELD
PROPS BUYER 1 MARK GRENFELL
PROPS BUYER 2 VIV KERNICK
ASST BUYER/DRESS STH ISLAND CARMEN SOSICH
ASST BUYER/DRESSER 2 NTH ISLAND KIRSTY GRIFFIN
SET DRESSER STH ISLAND MANU SINCLAIR
GRAPHIC ARTIST ADRIANA TUSCIA
S/BY PROPS JOHN WILLIAMS
ASST S/BY PROPS GRAHAM ASTON
ART DEPT RUNNER MIKE BRAMLEY
MODEL MAKER GRAHAM ASTON
CONSTRUCTION MGR PHIL CHITTY
CARPENTERS MICHAEL HARVEY, CHRIS HALLIGAN, DAVID SOWMAN
SCENIC ARTIST NICK FROST
SET FINISHER PAUL RADFORD
ACTION VEHICLE CO-ORD RUSSELL OLDS
COST DES MARTHA MANN
W/ROBE SUP CHRISTINE WEST
W/ROBE ASST SUZANNE STURROCH
PATTERN CUTTER MARION OLSEN
MACHINIST ROSEMARY GOUGH
COST S/BY JEANETTE GOODE, EMMA HARRE
MAKEUP DAISY BIJAC HAIR KATARINA CHOVANEC
MAKEUP ASST DEIDRIE HAWORTH
MAKEUP ASST STH ISLAND ELLE STEPHENSON
MAKEUP ASST NTH ISLAND DOMINIE TILL
NURSE JANE WILKINSON
PUBLICITY SUE MAY
CASTING DIR DI ROWAN
TUTOR/CHAPERONE PAT QUIRKE
CATERING IAN HUNTER
POST PROD SUP JOHANNES KONIGSTORFER
ED MICHAEL HORTON
ASST ED KIRSTEN MUXLOW
FILM SCH STUDENTS TILLY FLOOD, NATASHA BELL, PETER WARD, MATTHEW MCPHAIL, BRENDAN DEVLIN, CUSHLA FOLEY, DEAN MCCARROLL
CATERING BECKY WISEMAN, DEAN MAXTED

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