
Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo
TV Series · 90 min · ★ 3.3
In 1972, 30-year-old journalist and editor, Ita Buttrose and 35-year-old Kerry Packer, scion of what was then Australias most ruthlessly powerful and influential publishing families, got together to create a magazine that became one of the most dramatic sensations in Australian publishing history. Cleo Magazine begun in a fit of pique went on to help define women, Australia and the relationship between the two.
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Details
- Release date
- 2011-04-17
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 90 min
- TMDB rating
- 3.3/10 (3 votes)
Themes
- 1970s
- feminism
- media tycoon
- magazine
- biography
- sydney, australia
- miniseries
- magazine editor
Cast & crew

Asher Keddie
as Ita Buttrose

Rob Carlton
as Kerry Packer

Jessica Tovey
as Leslie Carpenter

Matt Day
as Daniel Ritchie

Ian Meadows
as Andrew Cowell

Maeve Dermody
as Rachel Carr

Annie Maynard
as Annie Woodham

Tony Barry
as Sir Frank Packer

Cheree Cassidy
as Ivana Holbrook

Octavia Barron-Martin
as Pat Nigra