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The Club

  • 19801980
  • PGPG
  • 1h 36m
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6.9/10
1.1K
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Jack Thompson in The Club (1980)
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Boardroom and dressing-room intrigues spill on to the field at the Australian Rules football club.Boardroom and dressing-room intrigues spill on to the field at the Australian Rules football club.Boardroom and dressing-room intrigues spill on to the field at the Australian Rules football club.
IMDb RATING
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    • Bruce Beresford
    • David Williamson(screenplay)
    • John Powers(additional dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Jack Thompson
    • Graham Kennedy
    • Frank Wilson
    • Bruce Beresford
    • David Williamson(screenplay)
    • John Powers(additional dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Jack Thompson
    • Graham Kennedy
    • Frank Wilson
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    • 24User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Jack Thompson
    Jack Thompson
    • Laurie Holden
    Graham Kennedy
    Graham Kennedy
    • Ted Parker
    Frank Wilson
    • Jock Riley
    Harold Hopkins
    Harold Hopkins
    • Danny Rowe
    John Howard
    John Howard
    • Geoff Hayward
    Alan Cassell
    • Gerry Cooper
    Maggie Doyle
    • Susy
    Lou Richards
    Lou Richards
    • Commentator
    Toni-Gay Shaw
    • Toni Rodgers - Stripper
    Jack Harris
    • 1st Club Official
    Frank Raggatt
    • 2nd Club Official
    Jim Cain
    • 3rd Club Official
    Gary Files
    • 2nd Football Commentator
    Ed Turley
    • Tony
    Scot Palmer
    • Newspaper Reporter 1…
    Ron Carter
    • Newspaper Reporter 2
    Nick Harvey
    • MC at Ballroom
    Ann Henderson-Stires
    • Geoff's Sister
    • (as Ann Henderson)
      • Bruce Beresford
      • David Williamson(screenplay) (play)
      • John Powers(additional dialogue)
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    • Trivia
      Actor and television personality Graham Kennedy plays the President of the Collingwood Football Club in this film about Australian Rules football. In real life, Kennedy was a supporter of the St Kilda Football Club.
    • Goofs
      In the movie's end credits, Bob Davis is misspelt as 'Bob David'
    • Quotes

      Jock: [referring to Geoff] He's been up his mum and his legless sister and he thinks he's killed his old man!

    • Connections
      Featured in The Club: Complete ABC Radio Adaptation (1985)
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    Not just for fans of Australian Rules Football
    I first saw "The Club" in high school as the play the film was based on was part of the English required reading list. I enjoyed the film but thought that with the Australian Rules Football setting, people unfamiliar with the sport would find many of the references obscure and dislike the film. Having seen "The Club" again recently, I realised that although somewhat dated, the film is as much about the wheeling and dealing that occurs off the field as it is about the action on the field. The action that takes place in the boardroom would be instantly familiar to fans of any sport and it's in these scenes the movie comes to life. Any producer wanting to remake "The Club" with the American market in mind needs only to replace the references to Australian Rules football with baseball or basketball and the script would be ready to go into production.

    The Producers would also be wise to recast Jack Thompson as the coach as he gives a great understated performance that deserves an encore.

    Certainly worth a viewing on a wintry evening.
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    • Sep 8, 1999

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    • Release date
      • August 1982 (United States)
      • Australia
      • Umbrella Entertainment 1 [Australia]
      • Umbrella Entertainment 2 [Australia]
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Victoria Park - Corner of Abbot and Lulie Streets, Abbotsford, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • Production companies
      • The South Australian Film Corporation
      • New South Wales Film Corporation
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    • 1 hour 36 minutes
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