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Grim Pickings (1989)

Grim Pickings

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November 15th, 1989

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Synopsis

Grim Pickings is a 1989 Australian mini series shot in the Adelaide Hills about a family who makes its annual pilgrimmage to an elderly aunt's orchard to help with the apple harvest.

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Cast

Lorraine Bayly
Betsy Tender
Liddy Clark
Verity 'Birdie' Birdwood
Max Cullen
Inspector Toby
Catherine Wilkin
Kate
Neil Fitzpatrick
Wilf Tender
Rosey Jones
Susie
David Cameron
Jeremy
Eva Hamburg
Anna
Phyllis Burford
Alice
Helen O'Connor
Jill
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Directors

Riccardo Pellizzeri
(2 episodes, 1989)
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Producers

Jock Blair
executive producer
(2 episodes, 1989)
Damien Parer
producer
(2 episodes, 1989)
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Writers

Graeme Koetsveld
screenplay
(2 episodes, 1989)
Jennifer Rowe
based on the novel by
(2 episodes, 1989)
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Taglines

In the great tradition of Agatha Christie...family and friends gather each spring at Aunt Alice's farm for a weekend of good company, sunshine and apple picking. When Damien arrives uninvited, followed closely by murder, the weekend turns sour...the pickings grim indeed.
GRIM PICKINGS is a contemporary thriller based on the current best-seller by Jennifer Rowe. Now to be a four hour mini-series for television from the South Australian Film Corporation.
It's traditional...Every year at apple picking time the Tender family and their friends descend on Aunt Alice's little orchard in the hills to help out picking the fruit. To pick the apples...to pick on one another...to pick each other apart...because this year one of the clan will die...this year the pickings will be grim indeed.

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suspense
murder
based on novel
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Country of Origin

Australia

Languages

English

Release Dates

November 15th, 1989 (Australia)
October 18th, 1990 (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

Alternative Titles

Grim Pickings (original title)
Grim Pickings (Australia)

Locations

Adelaide Hills, South Australia, Australia
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Balhannah, South Australia, Australia
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Running Times

240 min (Australia) ((4 episodes))

Production Companies

Nine Network Australia
The South Australian Film Corporation (Australia)

Distribution Companies

Umbrella Entertainment (Australia)
Nine Network Australia (Australia)
National Nine Network (Australia)
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Filmcents (production accounting)
Bobdog Inc. (on-line facilities)
The Editing Machine (off-line facilities)
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