Natural Justice: Heat (1996)
January 1, 1996Release Date
Natural Justice: Heat (1996)
January 1, 1996Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Steve Bastoni
Paul Tancred
Claudia Karvan
Asta Cadell
David Davies
Male Reporter
Peter Finlay
Lloyd
Dene Irvin
Ruddy Face Man
Martin Jacobs
Clive Harivald
John Moore
Docey Ferguson
Kyle Morrison
Dale
Lynette Narkle
Alice
Kate O'Sullivan
Female Reporter
Maurie Ogden
Walter
Ashlee Penny
Lily
Melodie Reynolds
Glenda
Igor Sas
Detective Buckley
Jeremy Sims
Gavin Larsen
Wendy Strehlow
Council Clerk
Sonia Todd
Jennifer Harivald
Bill Hughes
Producer
Blair Venn
Detective Quinlan
Mario Millo
Composer
Maggie Wilde West
Maggie Prescott
Nigel Wilkes
Uncle Bob
Christopher Spurr
Editor
Ann Robinson
CastingDirector
Paul D. Barron
Producer
Kelvin Sexton
ProductionDesigner
Beverley Blankenship
Screenplay
Scott Hartford-Davis
Director
Leon Saunders
Writer
Bill Hughes
Producer
Michael Brindley
Screenplay
Jan Tyrrell
Associate Producer
Melissa Hasluck
Third Assistant Director
David Dare Parker
Still Photographer
Michael Faranda
First Assistant Director
Russell Bacon
Director of Photography
Sandy Stevens
Second Assistant Director
Details.
Wiki.
Natural Justice: Heat (or Heat) is a 1996 Australian telemovie drama about a motorcycle-riding lawyer, Asta Cadell, who heads to the rural Western Australia town of York. The film details police corruption, racism, violence and murder. Claudia Karvan stars in the lead role, which had previously been portrayed by Deborra-Lee Furness in the feature film, Shame (1988). Also in the cast are Sonia Todd as Jennifer Harivald, who is murdered; Steve Bastoni as Paul Tancred, a police sergeant who arrests Dacey Feguson (John Moore) for the crime and Jeremy Sims as Gavin Larson, a constable who brutalizes the Aboriginal townsfolk.
It was partly financed by Film Finance Corporation Australia and Screenwest with production by Barron Entertainment's Paul Barron, Billy Hughes and Jan Tyrell. Filming had occurred from 15 January to 15 February 1996 with Scott Hartford-Davis directing. A reviewer with VPRO determined, "It is clichéd because it contains the usual racist attitude of white Australians towards their indigenous people."
The telemovie was proposed as the first instalment of a Natural Justice trilogy, featuring the character, Asta Cadell. Both Natural Justice: The Mad Hatters of Mount Manjara and Natural Justice: Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, were in production during 1997.