▁ 3 0 0 ▁pages ▁or ▁so ▁but , ▁in ▁fact , ▁it ▁was ▁maybe ▁two ▁and ▁a ▁quarter ▁hours ▁long , ▁which ▁wasn ' t ▁too ▁bad ▁then ▁or ▁now ▁for ▁something ▁that ▁covered ▁ 1 0 ▁years . ▁But ▁a ▁legend ▁started ▁about ▁how ▁huge ▁it ▁was . ▁When ▁I ▁saw ▁it , ▁I ▁was ▁app alled . ▁I ▁could ▁only ▁see ▁what ▁was ▁missing ▁and ▁ab rupt ly ▁took ▁my ▁name ▁off ▁it . ▁Then ▁when ▁it ▁won ▁all ▁the ▁pri zes , ▁I ▁sort ▁of ▁shame fac edly ▁put ▁my ▁name ▁back ▁on ▁it . ▁It ▁was ▁a ▁quite ▁pain ful ▁experience ▁and ▁I ▁think ▁a ▁very ▁good ▁film , ▁but ▁not ▁as ▁good ▁a ▁film ▁as ▁might ▁have ▁been ▁made . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁models ▁for ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁film , ▁Y anks , ▁which ▁was ▁a ▁moment ▁in ▁history ▁in ▁particular ▁culture ▁perfectly ▁captured . ▁It ▁had ▁a ▁lot ▁more ▁than ▁the ▁politics ▁in ▁it ▁but , ▁partly ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁budget ▁and ▁partly ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁length , ▁it ▁was ▁pr un ed ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁politics . ▁Now , ▁the ▁politics ▁was ▁all ▁there ▁in ▁the ▁original ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁surrounding ▁other ▁things , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁way ▁people ▁spent ▁their ▁Christ m ases . ▁That ▁was ▁removed . ▁Fund ing ▁was ▁provided ▁by ▁the ▁Australian ▁Film ▁Commission ▁and ▁the ▁New ▁South ▁Wales ▁Film ▁Corporation . ▁ ▁Release ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁shown ▁at ▁C annes ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁and ▁proved ▁popular .