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Bob Jewson. Writer: Stir. Bob Jewson was born in 1930 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is a writer, known for Stir (1980) and Stir: Tales from the Inside (2005).
Writer: Stir. Bob Jewson was born in 1930 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is a writer, known for Stir (1980) and Stir: Tales from the Inside (2005).
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Stir is a 1980 Australian film directed by Stephen Wallace in his feature directorial debut. The prison film was written by Bob Jewson, based upon his own experience, while incarcerated, of the 1974 prison riot at Bathurst Correctional Complex and the subsequent Royal Commission into New South Wales Prisons. [2]
Bob Jewson, this film's writer, was a prisoner in the Bathurst Jail when the 1974 riot that inspired this movie took place. Jewson was serving a sentence for safe cracking in the minimum-security wing of the gaol.
Stir is a tough Australian prison drama based on the real life prison riot that occurred at Bathurst Gaol 1974. Writer Bob Jewson was an inmate at the time and draws on his observations for the screenplay.
Stir was inspired by the 1974 riot at Bathurst jail, in NSW, and the subsequent Royal Commission. Scriptwriter Bob Jewson had been a prisoner during the riot, and the script was developed with assistance from the Prisoners’ Action Group, a voluntary organisation for prisoner welfare.
Biography. Bob Jewson was a leading member of the Prisoners Action Group. Most Referenced Works. Awards for Works. Stir The Promotion of Mr Smith ( dir. Stephen Henry Wallace ) Australia : Smiley Films , 1980. film/TV crime. 1980 nominated Australian Film Institute Awards — Best Film.
