The Turning

2013
15
3h

IMDb RATING

5.8/10

1.5K

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A collection of short films based on stories by Australian writer Tim Winton.

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A collection of short films based on stories by Australian writer Tim Winton.A collection of short films based on stories by Australian writer Tim Winton.A collection of short films based on stories by Australian writer Tim Winton.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

5.8/10

1.5K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 6 wins & 9 nominations

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Trivia
The animated segment is based on the poem, 'Ash Wednesday', by T.S. Eliot.

Alternate versions
A 90-minute version for TV broadcast (on ABC1 in Australia) contains only 8 of the 17 stories, re-edited into a new running order: "Reunion", "Aquifer", "On Her Knees", "The Turning", "Long, Clear View", "Commission", "Cockleshell", and "Sand". The remaining 9 stories not included were made available online at ABC iView for two weeks from the time of broadcast (23 February, 2013).

Soundtracks
Jazz Suite No. 2 (Waltz No.2)
(segment 'Long Clear View')
Written by Dmitri Shostakovich
Performed by Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (as Berlin Radio Symphony), conducted by Steven Sloane

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I loved the Turning. It showed me the way to write my life story. I had been in turmoil as to how to write it all down. When I discovered Tim Winton's, The Turning, I knew what I had to do. I am currently doing Honours at university with my thesis being my life story. Yes I agree that some of the stories are sad with no real solution but unfortunately that is how life is sometimes and for some people. I wish we all could be happy but that is a fairy story for children. We just have to get on with it as best we can. Tim shows up that saying "it is what it is". When I was completing my Arts degree with creative writing we had to read, "The Art of the Tale" edited by Anthony Halpern. This is a good set of short stories not necessarily happy ones either but again showing what life is.