Schapelle (film)

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Schapelle
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Directed by Khoa Do
Screenplay by Katherine Thomson
Produced byStephen Corvini
Starring Krew Boylan
Jacinta Stapleton
Denise Roberts
Colin Friels
CinematographyPeter A.Holland ACS
Edited by Rodrigo Balart
Music by Matteo Zingales
Production
company
Distributed byFremantleMedia International
Release date
  • 9 February 2014 (2014-02-09)
Running time
95 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Schapelle is an Australian television film that aired in Australia on Nine Network on 9 February 2014 and in New Zealand on TV One on 20 February 2014. It was produced by Stephen Corvini Fremantle Media Australia, written by playwright Katherine Thomson and directed by Khoa Do, and is based on the true story of Schapelle Corby. [1] It is based on the book Sins of the Father: The untold story behind Schapelle Corby's ill-fated drug run by Eamonn Duff. [2] This source was later to be discredited via a series of legal actions. In the first case the judge awarded $50,000 damages for breach of copyright in the unauthorised use of family photographs. [3] Defamation cases followed, and in October 2015 family members settled for an undisclosed amount. [4]

Contents

Plot

Australian Schapelle Corby is arrested at Bali airport for possession of 4 kg of marijuana.

Cast

Production

Filming of Schapelle took place throughout the second half of 2013, with scenes depicting Kerobokan Prison, the Indonesian High Court and many others filmed on the Gold Coast, Queensland. The production was initially given the working title of Doc McGee.

Schapelle was originally going to premiere on Monday 10 February, at 8:30pm, [6] but due to the ongoing events involving the real life Schapelle Corby, it was aired on the preceding Sunday instead, going head to head with the Seven Network's INXS: Never Tear Us Apart . [7] The film was watched by a national audience of 1.02 million, however, the Seven offering aired at the same time achieved a higher audience of 1.97 million. [8] It was repeated the following night, the day on which it was originally going to air. [9] The final consolidated audience for Schapelle was 1.96 million. [10] The telemovie was replayed on Sunday 28 May 2017, the day Schapelle Corby was due home from Australia following the completion of her jail sentence for drug trafficking. [11]

In New Zealand Schapelle screened the same night as news headlines (on same network) read "New Zealander, Leeza Tracey Ormsby, 37, may face death for drug importation" and compared the case to Schapelle's. [12]

Awards and nominations

AwardCategorySubjectResult
AACTA Award
(4th)
Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama Denise Roberts Nominated
Logie Awards
(57th)
Most Outstanding Actress Nominated

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References

  1. Nine lifts curtain on secret Schapelle Corby telemovie for 2014, News.com.au, 26 November 2013
  2. Schapelle Corby 'believers' attack TV movie, TVNZ, 16 November 2013
  3. "Schapelle Corby's Family Win First Legal Fight Against Publisher Allen & Unwin". The Australian . Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  4. "Schapelle Corby's family awarded almost $1 million in Sins of the Father defamation case". The Herald Sub. 30 August 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 "Schapelle (TV Movie 2014) - Full Cast & Crew". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  6. Airdate: Schapelle, TV Tonight, 2 February 2014
  7. Bumped: Now it's Schapelle vs INXS, TV Tonight, 7 February 2014
  8. INXS a ratings sensation, as Seven thumps Schapelle telemovie, TV Tonight, 10 February 2014
  9. Nine to rerun Schapelle telemovie, TV Tonight, 10 February 2014
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  12. TVNZ News 20 Feb 2014, ""TVNZ"", 20 February 2014