As one of our most significant filmmakers, Bruce Beresford has delivered an embarrassment of cinematic riches, capturing the Australian spirit as a champion of the New Wave through to conquering Hollywood and now his new movie, The Travellers, in cinemas this week.
The latter attracted his first of two Oscar nominations. The other came for the Robert Duvall-led, country music-scored Tender Mercies (1984). Opening doors in LA, Driving Miss Daisy (1989) would bring home four golden statuettes, including Best Picture. But Beresford wasn’t nominated in the director category.
