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Dead End Drive-In ()


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In a dystopian future Australia, a health nut and his tag-along girlfriend become trapped in a drive-in cinema that has become a concentration camp for delinquent youths and refugees.

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Jimmy 'Crabs' Rossini
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Carmen
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Thompson
Wilbur Wilde ...
Hazza
Dave Gibson ...
Dave
Sandie Lillingston ...
Beth
Ollie Hall ...
Frank
Lyn Collingwood ...
Fay
Nikki McWaters ...
Shirl
Melissa Davis ...
Narelle
Margi Di Ferranti ...
Jill
Desirée Smith ...
Tracey (as Desiree Smith)
Murray Fahey ...
Mickey
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Jeff
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Don
Alan McQueen ...
Accident Cop
Ken Snodgrass ...
Accident Cop
Bill Lyle ...
Drive-in Cop
Garry Who ...
Drive-in Cop
Bernadette Foster ...
Momma
Ron Sinclair ...
Roger McManus (News Reporter)
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Indian (as Ghandi McIntyre)
David Jones ...
TV newsreader
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jeffrey Khanh ...
Asian Girl (uncredited)
John Khanh ...
Asian Boy (uncredited)
Lorelei Mahoney ...
Carmen as an Infant (uncredited)

Directed by

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Brian Trenchard-Smith

Written by

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Peter Smalley ... (screenplay)
 
Peter Carey ... (story)

Produced by

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Damien Parer ... co-producer
Andrew Williams ... producer
Andrew Williams ... producer

Music by

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Frank Strangio ... (original music score by)

Cinematography by

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Paul Murphy ... director of photography

Editing by

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Alan Lake
Lee Smith

Editorial Department

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Sue Blainey ... first assistant editor
Arthur Cambridge ... grader
Miriam Cortes ... negative matcher (as Miriam Cortez)
Richard Piorkowski ... laboratory liaison
Noelleen Westcombe ... second assistant editor

Production Design by

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Laurence Eastwood ... (as Larry Eastwood)

Art Direction by

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Nicholas McCallum ... (as Nick McCallum)

Costume Design by

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Anthony Jones

Makeup Department

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Annette Hardy ... make-up assistant (as Annette Adams)
Lloyd James ... makeup artist
Patricia Newton ... hairdresser

Production Management

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Anne Bruning ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Lisa Harrison ... third assistant director
Adrian Pickersgill ... first assistant director
John Titley ... second assistant director

Art Department

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Ricki Albert ... muralist
Brett Blenkin ... carpenter
Vladimir Chevepanoff ... muralist
Ray Fowler ... props buyer
Andrew Gardiner ... carpenter
Colin Holt ... muralist
David Humphreys ... muralist (as David Humphries)
Rodney Monk ... muralist
John Parker ... construction manager
Rob Robinson ... assistant art director
George Zammit ... stand-by props

Sound Department

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Les Addess ... sound editor
Sue Blainey ... assistant sound editor
Les Fiddess ... sound editor
John French ... sound engineer
Robert Heaton ... sound transfer
John Herron ... post-sync recordist
Mario Krastev ... assistant sound editor
Glen Lord ... assistant sound engineer
Martin Oswin ... sound mixer
Troy Porter ... adr mixer
David Rawlinson ... consultant: Dolby
Lee Smith ... sound editor
Simon Smithers ... assistant sound editor
Leo Sullivan ... sound recordist
Mark van Kool ... boom swinger

Special Effects by

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Peter Evans ... special effects
Alan Maxwell ... special effects
Chris Murray ... special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by

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Roger Cowland ... visual effects

Stunts

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Dee Arlen-Jones ... stunt performer (as Dee Jones)
Danny Baldwin ... stunt performer
Glenn Boswell ... stunt performer (as Glen Boswell)
Barry Bransen ... stunt rigger
Phil Brock ... stunt performer
Danial Donai ... utility stunts
Bob Duncan ... stunt action person
Bob Hicks ... safety officer
Michael Longhurst ... stunt action person
Rocky McDonald ... stunt performer
Robin Menzies ... stunt action person (as Robyn Menzies)
Guy Norris ... stunt coordinator / stunt performer
Ron Payne ... stunt rigger
Arch Roberts ... stunt performer
Glenn Ruehland ... stunt performer (as Glen Ruehland)
Greg Stuart ... stunt action person
Antony Szeto ... stunt action person (as Tony Szeto)
Don Vaughn ... stunt performer
Fred Welsh ... stunt performer (as Fred Walsh)
Peter West ... stunt driver / stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department

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Colin Chase ... gaffer
Chris Fleet ... best boy
Robbie Gribble ... still photographer
Brett Keeping ... electrician
Andrew Lesnie ... additional photographer
Kevan Lind ... camera operator
John Lomax ... focus puller
Wayne Marshall ... assistant grip
Noel McDonald ... key grip
Mick Morris ... gaffer
Paul Moyes ... lighting technician
John Platt ... clapper loader
John Tate ... assistant grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Shauna Flenady ... costume designer assistant
Devina Maxwell ... stand-by wardrobe

Location Management

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Ian Goddard ... location manager

Music Department

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Trevor Courtney ... music programming
Phil Matthews ... music advisor

Script and Continuity Department

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Sian Fatouros ... continuity

Transportation Department

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Barry Bransen ... vehicle coordinator

Additional Crew

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Mark Abicht ... unit runner
Harry Clark ... projectionist
Robert Coleby ... armorer (as Robert Colby)
Michele Day ... assistant accountant
Judith Ditter ... production coordinator
Peter Gibbs ... assistant mechanic
Barbara Mather ... nurse
William Maynard ... solicitor
Annette Patterson ... production secretary
Lyn Quayle ... publicist
Michael Sergi ... intern
Mark 'Harry' Ward ... head mechanic
Valerie Williams ... production accountant

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

In the near future, drive-in theatres are turned into concentration camps for the undesirable and unemployed. The prisoners don't really care to escape because they are fed and they have a place to live which is, in most cases, probably better than the outside. Crabs and his girlfriend Carmen are put into the camp and all Crabs wants to do is escape. Written by Josh Pasnak

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Taglines Getting in was easy... getting out is hell on wheels. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Dead End Drive-in (Australia)
  • Dead End (Japan, English title)
  • Dead End (United States)
  • Le Drive in de l'enfer (France)
  • Star Drive-In: Campo de Exterminio (Spain)
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Runtime
  • 92 min
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Budget AUD2,300,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia The drive-in location seen in this film had closed down when the movie was filmed in 1985. The drive-in has now been demolished and no longer exists. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Dead-End Drive In (1997). See more »
Soundtracks Playing with Fire See more »
Crazy Credits The road from the point of view of the car as it is travelling after Crab's escape from the Star Drive In is shown during almost all the end credits. See more »
Quotes Frank: [after lifting weights twice] Fuck it, I'm strong enough.
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