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Murbah Swamp Beer

  • 2002
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Murbah Swamp Beer (2002)
ShortDocumentaryComedy

Just before Easter 2001, a semi-trailer loaded with 40,000 bottles of beer crashed into the Tweed River on the out skirts of the northern New South Wales town of Murwillumbah (known as "Murb... Read allJust before Easter 2001, a semi-trailer loaded with 40,000 bottles of beer crashed into the Tweed River on the out skirts of the northern New South Wales town of Murwillumbah (known as "Murbah" to the locals). With salvage crews ordered to clear the crash zone for the busy Easter... Read allJust before Easter 2001, a semi-trailer loaded with 40,000 bottles of beer crashed into the Tweed River on the out skirts of the northern New South Wales town of Murwillumbah (known as "Murbah" to the locals). With salvage crews ordered to clear the crash zone for the busy Easter traffic, the locals undertook their own salvage operation, making it their best Easter ev... Read all

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    • Gary Doust
  • Writers
    • Gary Doust
    • Brooke Wilson
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    • Director
      • Gary Doust
    • Writers
      • Gary Doust
      • Brooke Wilson
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    Please, PLEASE let me fall overboard!
    Forget your Heineken, Bud and Carlsberg....this here is the REAL mccoy! Director Doust has a total winner here with his short documentary (more a docudrama actually) concerning an event which befell Australia (couldn't be anywhere else!) in April 2001.

    Just ahead of Easter that year - the greatest of tragedies! A truck loaded with 40,000 bottles of the frosty brew left the road and jack-knifed into the Tweed river just outside the northern (some might say "sleepy") NSW township of Murwillumbah.

    The environmentally-aware residents of "Murbah" (as it is locally known) were swift and decisive in implementing their own salvage ops. Lets just say it DIDN'T need a containment team!

    I saw this 7 minute epic at a local film festival last year and can vouch for the worth of each minute. Great stuff!

    Row row row your boat merrily down the stream (Hic!)
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      • February 24, 2002 (Australia)
    • Country of origin
      • Australia
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia
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      • Scorpio Media Pty. Ltd.
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      • $3,000 (estimated)
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      7 minutes
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