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Adams Packer Film Productions Pty Ltd. was a short lived film production company. It was owned by Phillip Adams and Kerry Packer. [1]

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Their first film was We of the Never Never. [2] [3]

The company joined the film group Bancour. [4]

Packer withdrew from film production afterwards. Filmink later wrote this was "a shame because I feel he had the courage, cash and gambler’s instinct to make a good film mogul." [5]

Filmography

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References

  1. Phillip Adams, "The king and his queen", The Australian 30 April 2011 accessed 4 December 2012
  2. "Film shooting". The Canberra Times . Vol. 55, no. 16, 577. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 14 February 1981. p. 10. Retrieved 2 November 2017 via National Library of Australia.
  3. "'WE OF THE NEVER NEVER' TO DELIGHT A NEW GENERATION 'Elsey' Homestead building again". The Canberra Times . Vol. 55, no. 16, 634. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 12 April 1981. p. 9. Retrieved 2 November 2017 via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Large firms in film group". The Canberra Times . Vol. 55, no. 16, 618. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 27 March 1981. p. 17. Retrieved 2 November 2017 via National Library of Australia.
  5. Vagg, Stephen (10 March 2020). "Ten Billionaires Who Were Stung by Hollywood". Filmink.
  6. "AFI best-film award nominees". The Canberra Times . Vol. 57, no. 17, 154. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 15 September 1982. p. 27. Retrieved 2 November 2017 via National Library of Australia.
  7. "Fighting for realism". The Australian Women's Weekly . Vol. 49, no. 32. Australia. 27 January 1982. p. 108. Retrieved 2 November 2017 via National Library of Australia.