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Script-writer. In addition to the short film Rocketman, Phil Enchelmaier contributed to the Australian / Canadian / Colombian co-production Jar Dwellers SOS, an animated series for younger viewers. He also worked as a script co-ordinator on Wanted.
'Welcome to Brisbane, Queensland. It’s 1970, and Australia’s 'Sunshine State' is a land of mown lawns, beer and pumpkin scones. But underneath this buttoned-down conservativism, the state is awash with dirty money that runs through a network of corrupt cops. And tonight, the man atop this rubbish heap, Senior Sergeant Paul ‘Squinter’ O’Toole, is driving young crime reporter Lawrence Rich to his death. He should never have got in Squinter’s battered old Kingswood. He should never have fallen in love with Frankie. He should never have come to Brisbane in the first place....'