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Director:
Writers:
Don Catchlove (written by) &
Terry Hayes (written by)
Release Date:
22 November 1996 (UK) more
Plot:
All Wally Mellish, an ex-convict in 1960s Australia, wants to do is live a quiet life with his girlfriend Beryl... more | add synopsis
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3 nominations more
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Cool and unpredictable more (9 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Colin Friels | ... | Wally Mellish |
 | Jacqueline McKenzie | ... | Beryl Muddle |
| Ken Radley | ... | Mr. Morgan |
| Graham Rouse | ... | Fred |
| Elaine Cusick | ... | Mrs. McIntyre |
| Jonathan Hardy | ... | Reverend McIntyre |
| Errol O'Neill | ... | Mr. Wilson |
| Susie Porter | ... | Fay |
| Rhys Kenny | ... | Leslie |
| Richard Kenny | ... | Leslie |
| Benjamin Kenny | ... | Leslie |
| Gerry Skilton | ... | Reggie Muddle |
| Terry Annesley | ... | Wrecking Yard Owner |
| Anthony Simcoe | ... | Skinny Cop |
| John Batchelor | ... | Chubby Cop |
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Also Known As:
Mr. Reliable: A True Story
My Entire Life (USA)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language and a sex scene involving teenagers.
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112 min
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Iceland:L | Australia:MA | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R
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[last lines]
Wally Mellish:
I tell ya - it's a strange bloody country, Beryl.
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References "Gunsmoke" (1955) more
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Strange Brew more
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MR. RELIABLE is a cool, relaxed and unusual mixture of comedy, crime and satire. It´s in the late sixties and Wally is a former prisoner who wants to settle down with his new girlfriend, but by a misunderstanding the couple and her little kid are trapped in a house on the Australian countryside, with the police thinking that Wally is holding the woman and the kid hostages. The film contains many charming and humoristic moments as the drama goes on, partly due to the crowd gathering outside the house. They have hippie parties and barbeques, some teenagers make love when a mother sees them, a journalist wants to interview Wally´s girlfriend about her underwear and so on. The filmmakers want to make a satire about media and people´s reactions to a tense situation, and I think they were inspired by Milos Forman´s HAIR and some "serious" hostage films. This is a cool film.