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Release Date:
7 May 1999 (USA) moreTagline:
Ordinary Family. Extraordinary Story. morePlot:
A Melbourne family is very happy living where they do, near the Melbourne airport (according to Jane Kennedy... more | add synopsisAwards:
2 wins & 11 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Ciff 2009: The winners! And our reviews (From Roger Ebert's Blog. 22 October 2009, 6:39 PM, PDT)
Desert Rats Star Tingwell Dies
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Absolutely brilliant movie - definitely my all-time favourite comedy. more (127 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Michael Caton | ... | Darryl Kerrigan | |
| Anne Tenney | ... | Sal Kerrigan | |
| Stephen Curry | ... | Dale Kerrigan | |
| Anthony Simcoe | ... | Steve Kerrigan | |
| Sophie Lee | ... | Tracy Kerrigan | |
| Wayne Hope | ... | Wayne Kerrigan | |
| Tiriel Mora | ... | Dennis Denuto | |
| Eric Bana | ... | Con Petropoulous | |
| Charles 'Bud' Tingwell | ... | Lawrence Hammill | |
| Robyn Nevin | ... | Federal Court Judge | |
| Costas Kilias | ... | Farouk | |
| Bryan Dawe | ... | Ron Graham | |
| Monty Maizels | ... | Jack | |
| Lynda Gibson | ... | Evonne | |
| John Benton | ... | Mr. Lyle |
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Rated R for language.Parents Guide:
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82 minCountry:
AustraliaLanguage:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Australia:PG (TV rating) (censored) | Malaysia:U | UK:15 | Italy:T | Australia:M | USA:RFun Stuff
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Continuity: In the background, either side of viewing Sal's lampshade, a packet of Smith’s chips is visible. Before we see the lampshade, the chip packet is facing backwards, after the scene, the packet is facing forwards. moreSoundtrack:
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I just loved everything about this movie. This is how comedy films should be made. It's just a really beautifully scripted and perfectly acted film and there are just so many extremely funny scenes in it that it's hard to pick out a favourite.
It would have been so easy to ruin this movie by overacting, as happens in many American comedies, but everybody gets it just right and the end result is that rare thing - a perfect movie! The Kerrigan family home is under threat from the local airport authorities who want to use the land their house is built on to extend the airport. Their father, Darryl Kerrigan, played brilliantly by Michael Caton, vows to fight them all the way and engages a local lawyer, Dennis Denuto (played by Tiriel Mora), to help him fight the case in the courts. Unfortunately, the lawyer is a small-time criminal defender who has no knowledge of property rights or constitutional law - but this doesn't bother Darryl since he has complete faith in Dennis' ability to save his home.
The film follows the Kerrigans battles through the various courts and contains some of the funniest and most heart-warming courtroom scenes that I've ever seen. Everyone should see this movie!