An Australian school teacher and her students are kidnapped. She and the children fight for their lives and try to escape from their captors.
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Cast
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Sean Garlick | ... | Sid |
| Rachel Ward | ... | Sally Jones | |
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Elaine Cusick | ... | Mrs. O'Brien |
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Laurie Moran | ... | Mr. O'Brien |
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Marc Aden Gray | ... | Tommy (as Marc Gray) |
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Ray Chubb | ... | Publican |
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Bradley Meehan | ... | Richard |
| Rebecca Rigg | ... | Narelle | |
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Beth Buchanan | ... | Leanne |
| Asher Keddie | ... | Sue | |
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Anna Crawford | ... | Sarah |
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Richard Terrill | ... | Toby |
| Vernon Wells | ... | Dabby Duck | |
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Peter Hehir | ... | Father Christmas |
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David Bradshaw | ... | Pussy Cat |
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"Fortress" explores a shocking concept which shows how easily a borderline between a victim and an attacker can be crossed. The children and the teacher, calm and peaceful by nature, when driven beyond their limits by the kidnappers, eventually respond with a cruelty and fury extending that of their oppressors. Written by Jaromir "Vassago" Krol <jaromirk@kr.onet.pl>
Plot Keywords:
teacher | school | human hunting a human | teenage girl | corpse with eyes open |Taglines:
The innocents have tasted blood ... and they liked it! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
AustraliaLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
24 November 1985 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A Fortaleza See more »Company Credits
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Sally Jones: You'll be leaving school soon, I s'pose.
Sid: Aww, you bet!
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Loosely based on the 1972 Faraday School kidnapping of a teacher and her class by Edwin John Eastwood and Robert Clyde Boland. Eastwood later escaped from prison and repeated the crime with another teacher and her class in 1977. The Faraday kidnapping was in turn a real-life copycat crime based on a scene in the Clint Eastwood film Dirty Harry (1971) where the Scorpio Killer holds a bus driver and several schoolchildren hostage. See more »Goofs
During the shots of the youngest girl (Sarah) underwater, she is shown with the markings on her face that she puts in place later in the movie as war paint. See more »Quotes
[last lines]Sally Jones: You'll be leaving school soon, I s'pose.
Sid: Aww, you bet!
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This film takes place in the outback region of Australia in the mid 1980's. A school teacher and her students are kidnapped by four masked men. They are then led on a unwilling adventure that tests their survival skills and transforms them prematurely into adults. I would recommend this film to anyone who loves movies that always keep you guessing, you will be surprised by the outcome.