The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce has been selected to screen at the Rome International Film Festival in September.
Rome International Film Festival 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
DVD Review - The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce
Reviewed by Danielle Mulholland
The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce is a historical drama covering the life of Irishman Alexander Pearce from 1819, when he was convicted and transported to Van Diemen’s Land (or Tasmania as it is known today) for theft, to 1824 when he was executed for murder and cannibalism. The tale is told by Pearce (Ciarán McMenamin) himself, in his final confession to his assigned priest, thus the title of the film. The film’s beginning though, focuses primarily on Pearce’s arrival and time on Sarah Island in 1822, where malcontents and most uncontrollable prisoners were sent.
Read full review here
Saturday, June 20, 2009
The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce available on DVD Now
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce Nominated at the Heart of England International Film Festival
Heart of England International Film Festival
The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce has been nominated in the Best Film Under 60 Mins category of the 2009 Heart of England International Film Festival.
Friday, May 15, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
Blood on The Island - The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce Filmink
Blood On The Island
With The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce, director Michael James Rowland follows up the success he found with his debut Lucky Miles.
There's something about the Australian bush that inspires horrific tales about serial killers and monsters hidden in the largely uninhabitable lands. While some of these are entirely fictional, others are based on a modicum of truth - Dying Breed for example was inspired by the story of an escaped convict who turns cannibal in the Tasmanian wilderness. While Dying Breed distorts reality by suggesting that the cannibals are still residing somewhere out there, The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce looks at the story behind the real man, Alexander Pearce, who was the sole survivor of one of few escapes from Sarah Island - the most notorious convict settlement in Australia.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Irish ambassador loves convict film - The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce
Irish ambassador loves convict film
The Irish Ambassador to Australia has given the thumbs up to a new TV movie for humanising the infamous cannibal convict Alexander Pearce.
The Last Confessions of Alexander Pearce is a docu-drama detailing the last days of the Irish convict who escaped from a brutal Tasmanian penal colony in the early 1800s and survived by eating people.
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