Dirty Deeds (2002)

Director:

David Caesar

Writer:

David Caesar

Release Date:

18 July 2002 (Australia)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

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...

Plot Keywords:

Mafia | 1960s | Gangster | Police | Corrupt Police

Awards:

3 wins & 9 nominations

Cast

Bryan Brown	...	Barry Ryan
Toni Collette	...	Sharon Ryan
John Goodman	...	Tony Testano
Sam Neill	...	Detective Sergeant Ray Murphy
Sam Worthington	...	Darcy
Kestie Morassi	...	Margaret
William McInnes	...	Hollywood
Andrew S. Gilbert	...	Norm
Gary Waddell	...	Freddie
Felix Williamson	...	Sal Cassela
Derek Amer	...	Manager
Laeni Baille	...	Coin Lady
Rudi Baker	...	Bell Boy
Bille Brown	...	Senator
Michael Brownjohn	...	Bouncer #1
Joanne Cahill	...	Beryl (as Jo-Anne Cahill)
Paul Chubb	...	Sammy
Ray Devitt	...	Bill
Tim Draxl	...	Young Outback Cop
Gabriel Egan	...	Stevo
Nathan Grunert	...	Journalist
Alan Hennessy	...	Cemetery Cop
Brett Hicks-Maitland	...	Constable
Dan Holliday	...	Waiter
Sam Jacobson	...	Young Tony
Toni Jaye	...	Samantha
Anthony Jensen	...	Goose
Anthony Johnsen	...	Trev
Holly Jones	...	Air Hostess
Dene Kermond	...	Outback Cop #2
Brian McDermott	...	Publican
Shane McNamara	...	US Airport Official
John McNeill	...	Sergeant
Chris Moody	...	Large Businessman
David Morris	...	Jimmy
Angelo Parisi	...	Tony's Uncle
Alan Popely	...	Bouncer #2
Greg Poppleton	...	Hotel Clerk
Terry Serio	...	Danny
Andrew Sommerich	...	Jason
Andrew Wholley	...	US Officer
Tim Rogers	...	Himself / You Am I
Andy Kent	...	Himself / You Am I
Russell Hopkinson	...	Himself / You Am I
David Lane	...	Himself / You Am I
Dave Scotland	...	Himself / The Cadillacs
Neil Pepper	...	Himself / The Cadillacs
Keith Longman	...	Himself / The Cadillacs
Tony Hicks	...	Himself / The Cadillacs
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Albany Livingstone	...	Senator's Mistress (as Albany Dighton)
Shawn Rader	...	Viking (uncredited)

Directed by
David Caesar

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
David Caesar

Produced by
Deborah Balderstone	....	producer
Bryan Brown	....	producer
Jennie Hughes	....	co-executive producer
Xavier Marchand	....	executive producer
Hugh Marks	....	co-executive producer
Kris Noble	....	executive producer
Richard T. Schor	....	co-producer
Helen Watts	....	line producer

Original Music by
Paul Healy

Cinematography by
Geoffrey Hall

Film Editing by
Mark Perry

Casting by
Shauna Wolifson

Production Design by
Chris Kennedy

Art Direction by
Chris Batson

Set Decoration by
Beverley Dunn

Costume Design by
Tess Schofield

Makeup Department
Robbie Austin	....	additional makeup artist
Kylie Clarke	....	wig maker
Nadia Cowell	....	assistant hair stylist
Nadia Cowell	....	assistant makeup artist
Wendy De Waal	....	additional makeup artist
Adele Durno	....	additional makeup artist
Vivien Mepham	....	hair designer (as Viv Mepham)
Vivien Mepham	....	key makeup artist (as Viv Mepham)
Trish Newton	....	additional makeup artist
Carolyn Nott	....	additional makeup artist (as Caroline Nott)
Bec Taylor	....	additional makeup artist
Noriko Watanabe	....	personal makeup artist: Mr. Neill
Erica Wells	....	hair stylist
Erica Wells	....	makeup artist
Jan Zeigenbein	....	key hair stylist (as Jan 'Ziggy' Zeigenbein)

Production Management
Djuro Bandur	....	assistant unit manager
Grayden Le Breton	....	unit manager
Gordon MacPhail	....	post-production supervisor
Julie Sims	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Drew Bailey	....	additional assistant director
Greg Cobain	....	third assistant director
Jamie Crooks	....	first assistant director
Jason Faulkner	....	second assistant director
Tom Read	....	assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Shane Aumont	....	props buyer
Brett Bartlett	....	construction manager
Jo-Ann Beikoff	....	props buyer (as Jo-Anna Beikoff)
Will Colhoun	....	lead model maker
Danielle Cortis	....	set finisher
Richie Dehne	....	property master
Marianne Evans	....	art department coordinator
James Gennay	....	carpenter
Thomas Kelso	....	model maker
Matt Leary	....	set finisher (as Matthew Leary)
Sarah Light	....	assistant art director
Sarah Ma	....	art department assistant
Tam Morris	....	storyboard artist
Antony Neeson	....	model maker
Len Pankhurst	....	carpenter
Lachlan Payne	....	action vehicles mechanic
Louise Shaw	....	model maker
Christopher Sidwell	....	carpenter
Angus Smith	....	art department runner (as Gus Smith)
Lucy Sparke	....	research assistant
Dean Sullivan	....	stand-by props
Bill Undery	....	scenic artist
Kerrie Van Lambaart	....	props buyer
Matt Weston	....	carpenter
Kerry Williams	....	graphic artist
Noel Aherne	....	on-set art department assistant (uncredited)

Sound Department
Ross Boyer	....	additional sound effects recordist
Nigel Christensen	....	sound effects editor
Liam Egan	....	supervising sound editor
Les Fiddess	....	foley artist
Paul Finlay	....	sound recordist
Mauricio Hernández	....	adr recordist
Mauricio Hernández	....	foley recordist
Phil Judd	....	sound re-recording mixer
Paul Korber	....	assistant sound editor
Delia McCarthy	....	adr editor
Steve Murphy	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby (as Stephen Murphy)
David Pearson	....	boom operator
Alicia Slusarski	....	sound effects editor
Robert Sullivan	....	sound re-recoding mixer
Jenny T. Ward	....	dialogue editor

Special Effects by
John Bowring	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Jason Bath	....	visual effects producer
Paul Butterworth	....	visual effects supervisor
Jonathan Dixon	....	digital liaison
Rebecca Dunn	....	digital compositor
Andrew Hellen	....	senior animator
Simon Maddison	....	senior animator
Dave Morley	....	additional visual effects supervisor
Dave Morley	....	senior compositor
Robert Sandeman	....	digital supervisor
Anthos Simon	....	optical effects producer
Sandeep Vengsarkar	....	digital compositor
Jamie Wood	....	digital compositor
Henry Yekanians	....	scanning and recording

Stunts
Shea Adams	....	stunt double
Shea Adams	....	stunt performer
Keir Beck	....	stunt double
Glenn Boswell	....	stunt coordinator
Raelene Chapman	....	stunt double
Chris Mitchell	....	stunt double
Darren Andrew Mitchell	....	stunt double (as Darren Mitchell)
Paul Phillips	....	stunt double
Danny Ryan	....	stunts assistant
Bernadette Van Gyen	....	stunt patron (as Bernadette Van Guyen)

Camera and Electrical Department
Ian Barwick	....	best boy
Jason Binnie	....	focus puller: second unit
Steve Cook	....	additional electrician
Marden Dean	....	playback operator
Karl Engeler	....	gaffer
Warren Grieef	....	key grip
Paul Heidke	....	assistant grip
Gillian Huxley	....	additional electrician
Adam Kuiper	....	best boy grip
Adam Kuiper	....	dolly grip
Christian Luxton	....	video split operator
Sascha Obermaier	....	assistant electrician
Brad Soterkoek	....	assistant grip
Marc Spicer	....	director of photography: second unit
Matt Toll	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Matt Toll	....	focus puller
Lisa Tomasetti	....	still photographer
Jay Torta	....	clapper loader: second unit
Jason Weekes	....	grip
Andrew Williams	....	assistant electrician
Simon Williams	....	clapper loader

Casting Department
Kim Coleman	....	casting: USA
Evan Knowles	....	casting assistant
Henrie Stride	....	extras casting coordinator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Alex Barton	....	assistant costume stand-by
Julie Bryant	....	costume sewer
Sophia Cook	....	stand-by costume
Mel Dykes	....	costume supervisor
Julie Frankham	....	costume sewer
Shane Phillips	....	costume artist
Katrina Pickering	....	costume buyer

Editorial Department
Olivier Fontenay	....	film grader
Peter Powell	....	assistant editor
Karen Psaltis	....	negative matcher
Chris Rowell	....	negative matcher

Music Department
George Brodbeck	....	conductor
George Brodbeck	....	orchestrator
Amanda Brown	....	assistant to composer
Tony Buchen	....	musician: flute
Wayne Connolly	....	music recordist
Samuel Dixon	....	musician: bass
Alan Goodman	....	musician: wurlitzer organ
Chris Gough	....	music supervisor
Coralie Hartl	....	music contractor
Phillip Hartl	....	concertmaster
Paul Healy	....	musician: guitar
Julie Hodges	....	music supervisor (as Julie Spinks)
David Kleynjas	....	musician: drums
Antony Partos	....	musician: wurlitzer organ
Tim Rogers	....	soundtrack producer
Trent Williamson	....	music recordist
Trent Williamson	....	musician: harmonica and jaw's harp

Transportation Department
Nicolas Loveday	....	vehicle wrangler
Lachlan Payne	....	vehicle wrangler

Other crew
Lesley Aitkin	....	post-production script
Sophie Armstrong	....	stand-in
Ingela Berndtsson	....	accounting assistant
Marston Bloom	....	script consultant: Haystack
Russell Boyd	....	location manager
Ben Breen	....	production accountant
Natasha Cali	....	production coordinator
Evanne Chesson	....	animal wrangler (as Ivanna Chesson)
Darryn Clifton	....	stand-in
Peter Cogar	....	armorer
Merilyn Cook	....	production secretary
Martin Crowe	....	stand-in
Jacinta Cullen	....	stand-in
Mark Daddow	....	stand-in
Peter Dannatt	....	stand-in
Anton Denby	....	location assistant
Catie Dyce	....	title designer
Jo Farrugia	....	film liaison: Haystack
Neil Faulkner	....	unit assistant
Suzy Gaal	....	assistant to producers
Janette Gould	....	post-production accountant
Robert Hanson	....	stand-in
Faith Lehman	....	stand-in
Marcus Levy	....	location scout
Chantal Lisette	....	stand-in
Barry Lord	....	stand-in
Tamara Lovatt-Smith	....	drama coach
Andrew Mackinnon	....	production runner
Ian Madison	....	executive associate: Sam Neill
Amanda Newton	....	title designer
Peter Newton	....	title designer
Paul Oliver	....	production runner
Annie Parnell	....	travel coordinator
Ann Petty	....	unit assistant (as Ann 'Ed' Petty)
Greg Ponchard	....	stand-in
Sean Radburn	....	accounting assistant
Fiona Searson	....	unit publicist
Robyn Sinclair	....	script consultant
Mardi Thompson	....	unit assistant
Gary Ticehurst	....	helicopter pilot
Amanda Tooby	....	stand-in
Kristin Witcombe	....	continuity
Cameron Wood	....	location scout
Jason Mack	....	security officer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Alliance Atlantis Communications
• Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC)
• Haystack Productions Ltd.
• Macquarie Film Corporation
• New South Wales Film & Television Office
• New Town Films Pty. Ltd.
• Nine Film & Television Pty. Ltd.

Distributors

• Hoyts Distribution (2002) (Australia) (theatrical)
• DEJ Productions
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Momentum Pictures (2002) (UK) (all media)
• Paramount Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• mediacs AG (Germany)

Special Effects

• Atlab (digital optical effects)
• Fuel International (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Box Communications  title design
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Frameworks  post-production facilities
• Macquarie Bank Film Corporation  funding
• Mana Music  music supervision
• Motion Picture Lighting  lighting
• Mullinars Casting  casting: Austalia
• Optical & Graphics  end title opticals
• Panavision Australia  camera equipment
• PhilmSound  sound editing
• Quixote Casting  extras casting
• Simply Sound  adr facilities
• Studio 301, Sydney  music mastering
• Supersonics  music score recorded at
• Who Dares  security

Also Known As:

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

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA | Germany:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Company:

Alliance Atlantis Communications

Trivia:

A 'lobster' (referenced when Darcy purchases the guns from his friend still in the army) is an Australian colloquial term used for the twenty dollar note whose distinctive red/orange colour is likened to a cooked lobster

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.

Quotes:

Beryl:Hey! Stop nickin' me bloody lamingtons.

Movie Connections:

References Scarface (1983)

Soundtrack:

Losin' My Blues Tonight

at least its not from new zealand

A truly Australian film which captures the life of mobsters in the Cross in Sydney in 1969. Very funny and even true to some facts, this movie is worthwhile to see and if you still think Americans dont belong in Australia, well, this is for you. Plenty of plot twists help to keep it going and even if you dont understand the language, if its on DVD you can just turn on the subtitles.

Dont see it if you're not Australian - but if you are its a 8/10 easily.