The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce

The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce
Promotional poster for The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce
Directed byMichael James Rowland
Written byMichael James Rowland
Nial Fulton
Produced byNial Fulton
StarringAdrian Dunbar
Ciarán McMenamin
Dan Wyllie
Don Hany
Chris Haywood
Bob Franklin
CinematographyMartin McGrath
Edited bySuresh Ayyar
Music byRoger Mason
Distributed byHopscotch Films
Release date
  • 29 December 2008 (2008-12-29) (Ireland)
Running time
60 minutes
CountriesAustralia
Ireland
LanguageEnglish

The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce is a 2008 Australian-Irish film directed by Michael James Rowland starring Irish actors Adrian Dunbar as Philip Conolly and Ciarán McMenamin as bushranger Alexander Pearce and an ensemble Australian cast, including Dan Wyllie, Don Hany and Chris Haywood. The film was shot on location in Tasmania and Sydney between April and May 2008.

The film was nominated for the 2010 Rose d'Or,[1][2] Best Drama at the 6th Annual Irish Film and Television Awards,[3] Best Drama at the 2009 Australian Film Institute Awards,[4] won Best Documentary at the 2009 Inside Film Awards[5] and the director Michael James Rowland was nominated in the Best Director (Telemovie) category in the 2009 Australian Directors Guild Awards.[6]

  1. ^ "Rose d'Or - History: Nominees 2010". Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Rose D'Or Nomination for "The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce"". RTÉ News. 24 June 2010.
  3. ^ "Home". ifta.ie.
  4. ^ "2009 AFI awards nominees". The Australian. 28 October 2009.
  5. ^ "2009 Inside Film award winners". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 November 2009.
  6. ^ "ADG - Australian Directors' Guild Home".