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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
David Caesar (writer)
Release Date:
18 July 2002 (Australia) more
Tagline:
Get ready to get dirty.
Plot:
Set in 1960's Sydney, this is the story of an Australian gangster whose booming business, buoyed by the influx of U.S... more | add synopsis
Awards:
3 wins & 9 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(6 articles)
Wortho the wait?
(From FilmInk.com.au. 2 November 2009, 5:17 PM, PST)
Sam Worthington
(From Celebrity Bio Examiner. 13 June 2009, 4:47 PM, PDT)
User Comments:
Pizza....you eat it with your hands. more (40 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Bryan Brown | ... | Barry Ryan |
 | Toni Collette | ... | Sharon |
 | John Goodman | ... | Tony |
 | Sam Neill | ... | Ray |
 | Sam Worthington | ... | Darcy |
 | Kestie Morassi | ... | Margaret |
| William McInnes | ... | Hollywood |
| Andrew S. Gilbert | ... | Norm |
| Garry Waddell | ... | Freddie (as Gary Waddell) |
 | Felix Williamson | ... | Sal |
| Derek Amer | ... | Manager |
| Laeni Baille | ... | Coin Lady |
 | Rudi Baker | ... | Bell Boy |
| Bille Brown | ... | Senator |
| Michael Brownjohn | ... | Bouncer #1 |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Knocking Mr. Big (Australia) (working title)
Sacré boulot (Canada: French title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence and language.
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Runtime:
110 min | UK:97 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:MA | Germany:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | UK:18 | USA:R
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Continuity: When Barry and Norm are boxing, Norm is seen getting head gear put on. After Barry has Norm in the corner and backs back, Norm no longer has the head gear on. It is clear that Norm would have had no time to have the gear removed between the camera shots. more
Movie Connections:
References Mary Poppins (1964) more
Soundtrack:
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap more
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True story, in the 1960s the American government was trying to control Vietnam and the American Mafia wanted to take over organised crime in Australia.
Both failed, we know about Vietnam, this movie fictionalises what happened in Australia and uses it as a metaphor for what happened in Vietnam (and what is happening in Iraq today).
It is fun, it is very Australian (it has Bryan Brown in it, what more can I say), it downplays Australian criminals abilities but shows them as brutal thugs capable of some quick thinking.
It is not an American bashing movie and has a pro-American message and an Anti-American message that Americans could learn from. Which is basically, America we like you, we like your Pizza, but if you want to go out in the world you got to learn to play nice because the rest of the world is much tougher than you and will scone you if you don't.
It also lovingly shows how backward Australia was in the 1960s (no pizza, no colour TV), so everyone gets a fair suck of the sav (if you understand my meaning).