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Overview

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7.4/10   5,393 votes
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Director:
Rob Sitch
Writers:
Santo Cilauro (written by)
Tom Gleisner (written by)
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Release Date:
7 May 1999 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
Ordinary Family. Extraordinary Story. more
Plot:
A Melbourne family is very happy living where they do, near the Melbourne airport (according to Jane Kennedy... more | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 11 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Desert Rats Star Tingwell Dies
 (From WENN. 21 May 2009, 2:55 PM, PDT)

U.S. Debut Of Australian Hit Delayed By Miramax
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 23 December 1998)

User Comments:
Shocking! Absolutely Shocking! more

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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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language.
Runtime:
82 min
Country:
Australia
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Australia:PG (TV rating) (censored) | Malaysia:U | UK:15 | Australia:M | USA:R
Company:
Working Dog more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The family was named Kerrigan so the filmmakers could borrow trucks from an actual tow-truck company, Kerrigan's Towing. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: When the characters have their final appeal to the High Court of Australia, it is before 5 Justices. However in reality, when a constitutional dispute is brought before the High Court, all 7 Justices will sit (known as the Full Bench). more
Quotes:
Dale Kerrigan: Dad reckons fishing is 10% brains and 95% muscle, the rest is just good luck. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "20 to 1: Great Aussie Movies (#3.5)" (2006) more
Soundtrack:
Tequila more

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30 out of 38 people found the following comment useful:-
Shocking! Absolutely Shocking!, 23 January 2005
9/10
Author: The Gryphon from West Hollywood, California

This is a shocking movie. Shocking in the sense that it's centered around a family that genuinely loves each other. It came across as such an odd concept in this day and age that I thought at first that there must be a catch - could the family be cannibals? Zombies? A cult of pagan jaywalkers? But no, they were simply a "family" in absolutely the best sense of the word. The conflict of the movie arises from the fact that the airport bordering their loving home wants to expand and uses some Australian law that grants them the right to buy out their neighbors without the neighbors having any sayso in the matter. Well this just won't do and so the plot is set into motion when the quirky homeowner decides to fight the ruling with his reluctant friend, a probate attorney who is woefully unprepared to take on the big guns in law, but who nonetheless feels obligated to help his friends no matter what the obstacle. Overall the movie has such charm, such style and such love that, by films end, you want to be adopted by the family, quirks and all. An excellent movie.

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