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Ted Kotcheff on Finding Nelson, 'The Moby Dick of Kangaroos'
Title:
Ted Kotcheff on Finding Nelson, 'The Moby Dick of Kangaroos'
NFSA ID
785853
Year
2009
Director Ted Kotcheff talks about 'Nelson', the impressive one-eyed kangaroo that fights Peter Whittle (Joe) in a memorable scene in Wake in Fright.
He also explains why finding Nelson was 'the greatest piece of luck that any director could hope for'.
Paul Harris interviewed Ted Kotcheff for the NFSA Oral History program in 2009.
Notes by Stephen Groenewegen
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