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July 1992 (USA)
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An everyday story about loyalty, betrayal, lust and footwear. more
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An expert on productivity shows wacky workers in 1966 Australia how to run their moccasin factory like clockwork, despite laying off more than half the workforce. full summary | add synopsis
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"There may be a chance for you yet, Errol Wallace" - Caroline Wallace
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Anthony Hopkins | ... | Errol Wallace | |
| Ben Mendelsohn | ... | Carey | |
| Alwyn Kurts | ... | Mr. Ball | |
| Bruno Lawrence | ... | Robert, Carey's Father | |
| John Walton | ... | Jerry Finn | |
| Rebecca Rigg | ... | Cheryl Ball | |
| Toni Collette | ... | Wendy Robinson | |
| Russell Crowe | ... | Kim Barry | |
| Angela Punch McGregor | ... | Caroline Wallace | |
| Daniel Wyllie | ... | Frank Fletcher | |
| John Flaus | ... | Gordon | |
| Gary Adams | ... | Kevin | |
| Jeff Truman | ... | Ron | |
| Toni Lamond | ... | Mrs. Lorna Ball | |
| Jillian Murray | ... | Ophelia, Carey's Mom (as Jillian Murray) |
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The Efficiency Expert (USA)
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Argentina:97 min | UK:95 min | USA:85 min
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Anachronisms: The last scene shows Carey and Wendy on the house roof with the West Gate Bridge in the background. The film is set in the 1960s but construction of the bridge only started in 1968 with the bridge being completed in 1978.
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[Carey's little brother sees him writing a poem.]
Carey's Brother: Hee-hee-hee. Who's Cheryl?
Carey: No one you'd know. A model.
Carey's Brother: "I wake up with the sun, bright and new. I listen to the sun, and the early morning dew." Dew doesn't make any noise.
Carey: What? Look, it's my poem, I can write what I like.
Carey's Brother: Just trying to help. If I was you I'd stick to drawing.
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Carey's Brother: Hee-hee-hee. Who's Cheryl?
Carey: No one you'd know. A model.
Carey's Brother: "I wake up with the sun, bright and new. I listen to the sun, and the early morning dew." Dew doesn't make any noise.
Carey: What? Look, it's my poem, I can write what I like.
Carey's Brother: Just trying to help. If I was you I'd stick to drawing.
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Features "My Name's McGooley, What's Yours?" (1967)
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Catch the Wind
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Errol Wallace's wife, Caroline, perfectly played by Angela Punch McGregor, delivers that turning point line and sums up the plot. Bottom line focused efficiency expert finally sees the people whose lives his career of recommendations affect and unwittingly saves his own marriage in the process.
Some might say "slow and plodding", but then they'd be missing the point. Layers of character development compactly delivered in 90-some minutes contradict that sentiment. No one does it better than Sir Anthony. Reminiscent of Merchant and Ivory's "Howard's End" but set in 1969 in Victoria Australia's working district of Spotswood a few kilometers from Melbourne, Hopkins again makes his measured character riveting more by acting than by dialog. For instance the look on his face is priceless while not being overplayed when, after asking Caroline to get him an "axe handle or something heavier", fearing a second labor retaliation on their home, she brings him a flimsy lady's umbrella.
To paraphrase another reviewer, "Quite a little gem."