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18 September 1980 (USA)
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In this club nobody plays by the rules. more
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Boardroom and dressing-room intrigues spill on to the field at the Australian Rules football club. | full synopsis
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5 nominations
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Aussie Classic
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jack Thompson | ... | Laurie Holden |
| Graham Kennedy | ... | Ted Parker |
| Frank Wilson | ... | Jock Riley |
| Harold Hopkins | ... | Danny Rowe |
| John Howard | ... | Geoff Hayward |
| Alan Cassell | ... | Gerry |
| Maggie Doyle | ... | Susy |
| Lou Richards | ... | Commentator |
| Toni-Gay Shaw | ... | Stripper |
| Jack Harris | ... | First club official |
| Frank Raggatt | ... | Second club official |
| Jim Cain | ... | Third club official |
| Gary Files | ... | Second football commentator |
| Ed Turley | ... | Tony |
| Scot Palmer | ... | Newspaper reporter 1 |
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96 min
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Footage from three original VFL (Victorian Football League, now AFL - Australian Football League) Games features in "The Club". These are from Collingwood Football Club games against Carlton, Hawthorn and Fitzroy (now Brisbane Lions)
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Jock:
A marvelous high mark you took last Saturday. You just seemed to go up and up!
Geoff Hayward: Yeah, i felt like Achilles
Jock: Yes...
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Jock: ... Who's he?
Geoff Hayward: A Greek guy who could really jump
Jock: Ah, yeah yeah. Well some of these new Australians, you know they could be real champions, if they forget about soccer and just learn to assimulate
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Geoff Hayward: Yeah, i felt like Achilles
Jock: Yes...
[laughs]
Jock: ... Who's he?
Geoff Hayward: A Greek guy who could really jump
Jock: Ah, yeah yeah. Well some of these new Australians, you know they could be real champions, if they forget about soccer and just learn to assimulate
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Featured in Meet the Team: The Making of 'The Club' (2003) (V)
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This is simply a great Aussie film. Unfortunately, films are just not made this way anymore. Not only is it a great satire about a football club, which has probably not changed in 30 years, it is also a wonderful commentary on the commercialization of sport. Comparisons to sport and war are easy after seeing this film. Great performances from Jack Thompson, John Howard and Graham Kennedy as well as cameos from a few of Australia's footballing legends. Bruce Beresford's direction is superb, the theme song became legend and the film is one hilarious argument. It gets better every time you watch it and if you haven't seen it yet, you have to see it soon.