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Issue Details: First known date: 1996... 1996 Idiot Box
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Film Details - Binnaburra Film Company , 1996

Producers:

Glenys Rowe (producer).

Production Companies:

Binnaburra Film Company.

Director of Photography:

Joseph Pickering.

Editors:

Mark Perry.

Production Designers:

Kerith Holmes.

Music:

Tim Rogers and Nick Launay.

Cast:

Including Ben Mendelsohn (Kev), Jeremy Sims (Mick), John Polson (Jonah), Graeme Blundell (Detective Eric), Deborah Kennedy (Detective Leanne), Robyn Loau (Lani), and Amanda Muggleton (Mum).

Release Dates:

20 February 1997 (Australia).

Location:

  • Filmed in Sydney, New South Wales.

Awards:

  • AFI Award, Best Achievement in Direction (nomination), 1997.
  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards), Best Actor - Male (nomination), 1998.
  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards), Best Director (nomination), 1998.
  • AFI Award, Best Achievement in Production Design (nomination), 1997.
  • AFI Award, Best Achievement in Sound (nomination), 1997.
  • AFI Award, Best Original Music Score (nomination), 1997.
  • AFI Award, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (nomination), 1997.
  • AFI Award, Best Achievement in Editing (nomination), 1997.
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