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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:

David Caesar

Writer:

David Caesar (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

18 July 2002 (Australia) more

Genre:

Comedy | Crime 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
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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.

Runtime:

110 min | UK:97 min

Country:

Australia | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital


Fun Stuff

Goofs:

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

Quotes:

Hollywood: Sheilas? more

Movie Connections:

References Mary Poppins (1964) more

Soundtrack:

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap more


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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Pizza....you eat it with your hands., 1 June 2005
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Author: flingebunt from Harbin, China

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).

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