A Few Best Men (2011)

Director:

Stephan Elliott

Writer:

Dean Craig

Release Date:

5 January 2012 (Spain)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

A groom and his three best men travel to the Australian outback for a wedding.

Plot Keywords:

Wedding | Australian Outback | Best Friends | Holiday Romance | Best Man

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Laura Brent	...	Mia
Xavier Samuel	...	David Locking
Kris Marshall	...	Tom
Kevin Bishop	...	Graham
Tim Draxl	...	Luke
Solveig Walking	...	Coconut Mist Girl
David Sullivan	...	Airport VIP Security
Elizabeth Debicki	...	Maureen
Olivia Newton-John	...	Barbara
Rebel Wilson	...	Daphne
Jonathan Biggins	...	Jim
Oliver Torr	...	Kal
Steve Le Marquand	...	Ray
Angela Bishop	...	Channel Ten Reporter
Alan Cinis	...	Eddie Marshall
Kim Knuckey	...	Commissioner Leo
Guy Gross	...	Yanni the New Age Harpist
Margaux Harris	...	Bridesmaid 1
Charlotte Krinks	...	Bridesmaid 2
Phillip Scott	...	Celebrant Robin Arthur
Ben Herber	...	Car Tumble Waiter
Kate Southam	...	Wedding Guest (as Catherine Southam)
Lauren Cassidy	...	Band
Alvin Ash	...	Band
Dean Thompson	...	Band
David Grassi	...	Band
Nic Campbell	...	Band
Shane Bennett	...	Scared Man
Tom Usher	...	First Child at Wedding
Jesse Creighton	...	Second Child at Wedding
Joseph D. Kucan	...	Big Issue seller (as Joe Kucan)
Stephan Elliott	...	Tie Guy
Foxy	...	Security Dog at Airport
Waffles the Pug	...	Killer Dog
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Matt Butcher	...	Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Nicky Kurta	...	Wedding Singer (singing voice) (uncredited)
Geordie Robinson	...	Pap (uncredited)
Rachel Strickland	...	Waiter at the Wedding (uncredited)

Directed by
Stephan Elliott

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Dean Craig

Produced by
Antonia Barnard	....	producer
Dean Craig	....	executive producer
Todd Fellman	....	executive producer
Gary Hamilton	....	producer
Josh Kesselman	....	executive producer
Laurence Malkin	....	producer
Share Stallings	....	producer
James M. Vernon	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Guy Gross

Cinematography by
Stephen F. Windon

Film Editing by
Sue Blainey

Casting by
Christine King

Production Design by
George Liddle

Art Direction by
Hugh Bateup

Set Decoration by
Rebecca Cohen

Costume Design by
Lizzy Gardiner

Production Management
Colleen Clarke	....	post-production supervisor
Esther Rodewald	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Deb Antoniou	....	first assistant director
Samantha Smith	....	second assistant director
Christopher Turner	....	third assistant director (as Chris Turner)

Art Department
Jamie Cranney	....	art department attachment
Dane Hallett	....	props
Brooke Morris	....	props buyer/set dresser
Katie Sharrock	....	senior buyer/dresser

Sound Department
Justine Angus	....	adr editor
Glenn Butler	....	re-recording engineer
Linda Campbell	....	assistant sound editor
Nigel Christensen	....	adr editor
Peter Climpson	....	mix assistant
Gethin Creagh	....	sound re-recording mixer
Les Fiddess	....	foley artist
Sam Hayward	....	re-recording mixer
Nick Kray	....	adr mixer
Bronwyn Murphy	....	dialogue editor
Martin Oswin	....	foley mixer
Patrick Owen	....	sound recordist: UK shoot
Missi Mel Pesa	....	sound utility (as Mel Pesa)
Andrew Plain	....	supervising sound editor
William Ward	....	sound effects editor
Megan Wedge	....	atmos editor

Visual Effects by
Janevski Danny	....	digital matte painter (as Danny Janveski)
Troy Darben	....	digital compositor
Ian Dodman	....	digital effects supervisor
Brad Dunn	....	digital compositor
Rebecca Dunn	....	visual effects producer
Helen Kok	....	visual effects coordinator
Helen Kok	....	visual effects producer
Konstantin Kovalenko	....	visual effects artist
Demis Lyall-Wilson	....	digital compositor
Blake Muir	....	digital compositor
Sebastian Ravagnani	....	visual effects
James Rogers	....	visual effects supervisor
Robert Stollar	....	visual effects artist
Randy Vellacott	....	digital compositor
Rakitha Vithanage	....	cg artist

Stunts
Harry Dakanalis	....	stunt coordinator
Ingrid Kleinig	....	stunt double: Laura Brent
Ingrid Kleinig	....	stunt rigger
Sharelle Starr	....	stunt double
Ben Toyer	....	stunt double: Xavier Samuel
Connor Van Vuuren	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Simon Alberry	....	data manager
Simon Cardwell	....	additional still photographer
Mark Clayton	....	gaffer: uk
Inaki DeUbago	....	second assistant camera
Danny Gagatt	....	first assistant camera: UK
Mark Jefferies	....	rigging gaffer
David Knight	....	additional cinematographer
David Knight	....	aerial cinematographer
Lee Mariano	....	second assistant camera
Tony Mott	....	still photographer
David Nichols	....	key grip
John Paxton	....	second assistant camera: UK
Matthew Temple	....	camera operator
Matthew Temple	....	steadicam operator
Matt Toll	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera

Casting Department
Gary Davy	....	casting: uk
Anne McCarthy	....	casting: USA
Hollie Meyer	....	extras casting
David Newman	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Dannielle Alexander	....	additional costume stand-by
Sarah Brest	....	assistant standby wardrobe
Mel Dykes	....	costume supervisor
Jamella Hassan	....	key costume standby
Olivia Simpson	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Olivier Fontenay	....	colorist
Matthew T. Griffin	....	digital intermediate editor
Katherine Heads	....	digital intermediate producer
Katie Kabala	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
Adrian Bendt	....	violin
Jess Ciampa	....	percussion
Damien de Boos-Smith	....	musician: Guitar, ukulele, banjo, cello
Michelle De Vries	....	music supervisor
Jenny Duck Chong	....	mezzo-soprano
Jon Elms	....	vocals
Jason Fernandez	....	music editor
Jason Fernandez	....	music programmer
Guy Gross	....	music producer
Anthony Kable	....	trombone
Nicky Kurta	....	vocals
Paul Panichi	....	Trumpet
Tim Ryan	....	score mixer
Adam Sofo	....	keyboards
Mark Taylor	....	saxophone

Transportation Department
Alistair Jamieson	....	production driver

Other crew
Tere Alexeeff	....	armourer on set
Jesica A. Andres	....	international coordinator
James Chappell	....	directors attachment
Tony Garland	....	armourer senior
Katie Harris	....	unit nurse
Fergus Haycock	....	production executive
Oscar Knott	....	assistant to AD
Oscar Knott	....	stand-in
Tu Nhi Lam	....	assistant accountant
Catherine Lavelle	....	publicist
Reza Mokhtar	....	caterer
Kylie Muller	....	production accountant
Melinda Mutton	....	location coordinator
Claire Pearson	....	production runner: uk
Adam Signorelli	....	production runner
Jules Smith	....	liaison: London
Shay Spencer	....	producer attachment
Melle Stewart	....	adr loop group
Gary Ticehurst	....	helicopter pilot
Danny Vigar	....	production runner: uk
Kristin Witcombe	....	script supervisor
Kok-yee Yau	....	production executive

Thanks
Miron Ashkenazy	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Screen Australia (present)
• Quickfire Films (present)
• Screen NSW (present)
• Parabolic Pictures
• Stable Way Entertainment (as Stable Way Entertainment Production)
• Unthank Films (in association with)
• Story Bridge Films (in association with)
• Ingenious Broadcasting (in association with)
• Auburn Entertainment (in association with)

Distributors

• Blue Sky Media (2012) (Czech Republic) (all media)
• Alfa Films (2012) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Audio Visual Entertainment (2012) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Concorde Filmverleih (2012) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2012) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Encore Films (2012) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Forum Hungary (2012) (Hungary) (theatrical)
• Icon Film Distribution (2012) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Lucky Red (2012) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Pyramide Distribution (2012) (France) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2012) (UK) (theatrical)
• Concorde Home Entertainment (2012) (Germany) (DVD)
• DeA Planeta Home Entertainment (2012) (Spain) (all media)
• EuroVideo (2012) (Germany) (DVD) (Rental)
• Pinema (2012) (Turkey) (all media)
• Sookie Pictures (2012) (South Korea) (all media)

Other Companies

• De Lane Lea  ADR recording
• Huzzah Sound  sound post-production
• Intelligent Media  international monitoring agency
• Showfilm  travel agent

Also Known As:

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

Australia | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Ireland:15A | Australia:MA15+ | Singapore:M18 | Germany:12 | UK:15 | Netherlands:12 | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia

Company:

Screen Australia

Trivia:

Director Stephan Elliott is most well known for his comedy The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) which was one of two Australian hit comedies in 1994, along with Muriel's Wedding (1994), ironically, also a wedding comedy like A Few Good Men (1992).

Quotes:

Graham:I'm not sticking my hand up anything's arse!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Projector: A Few Best Men (#2.33)" (2012)

Soundtrack:

Sugar Sugar

A lot of laughs

If you can go open minded into this and like comedies that really just go for it, you will like this very much. The premise is almost everything there is to the movie, mixed with the characters that get introduced you just know where this is heading. But "disaster" is too funny in this case and the entertainment value is high throughout.

Of course as with many comedies you could start asking (or questioning) the roots of the problems. Or really be mad about characters inability to cope with some things, while making similar mistakes most of the time. But this would take all the fun you can have with the film, so I just hope you can enjoy this as much as I (and a few friends) did!