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Overview

User Rating:
7.4/10   5,653 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Santo Cilauro (written by)
Tom Gleisner (written by)
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Release Date:
7 May 1999 (USA) more
Genre:
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
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User Comments:
Funniest and best Australian film I've seen to this date more (129 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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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language.
Runtime:
82 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Eric Bana's film debut. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Dennis Denuto dictates a letter, takes a tape out of the dictaphone, puts the tape in the tape player, pushes the "Play" button and starts typing. He didn't rewind the tape first. more
Quotes:
Darryl Kerrigan: Dale dug a hole. Tell 'em Dale.
Dale Kerrigan: I dug a hole.
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Referenced in "Beyond Tomorrow: (#2.19)" (2006) more
Soundtrack:
We've Only Just Begun more

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15 out of 20 people found the following comment useful.
Funniest and best Australian film I've seen to this date, 4 July 1999
8/10
Author: Craig Porter (archertroy@hotmail.com) from Australia

My age: 13

The Castle is the story of Daryl Kerrigan, a tow-truck driver from Melbourne, who loves his house, which he calls a home and a castle. Living next-door to the airport has never been a problem for him and his family, until now. The airport wants to expand and is forcing Daryl's family and their neighbours out of their houses with a compulsory acquisition which Daryl will not stand for. He will go to court and fight for his right to stay in his home. This goes all the way to the high court.

One of the funniest films I have ever seen, The Castle has a good plot and courageous story. You will never be bored because the jokes keep coming. Acting performances are mainly good, but some are just fairly average. I recommend The Castle to everyone of any age group except small children as there is a bit of coarse language.

Australian Classification: M 15+: Medium Level Coarse Language

Rating: 80 out of 100

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