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Note: Anthony O'Connor and Rick Kalowski are credited with 'extra dialogue'.
Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 Sample People
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Film Details - Living Motion Pictures , 2000

Producers:

Emile Sherman and Barton Smith (producers).

Production Companies:

Living Motion Pictures.

Finance Organisations:

South Australian Film Corporation.

Director of Photography:

David Foreman.

Editors:

Frans Vandenburg.

Production Designers:

Michelle McGahey and John Santucci.
The production design helped distinguish the various strands of the narrative, with each of the individual stories given their own specific trio of colours.

Music:

Rafael May (original music).
The film also included a soundtrack featuring Australian songs re-recorded by contemporary artists (including Grinspoon, The Superjesus, Kylie Minogue, The Whitlams, and Custard).

Cast:

Including Kylie Minogue (Jess), Ben Mendelsohn (John), Simon Lyndon (Andy), David Field (TT), Paula Arundell (Cleo), Joel Edgerton (Sem), Nathalie Roy (DJ Lush Puppy), Nathan Page (Len), Justin Rosniak (Joey), Mathew Wilkinson (Gus), Gandhi MacIntyre (Phil), and Dorian Nkono (Shiva).

Release Dates:

11 May 2000 (Australia).

Location:

  • Set in Sydney, New South Wales, but filmed in Adelaide, South Australia.

Post Production:

Paper Bark Films Pty. Ltd. (post-production office).

Awards:

  • Australian Cinematographers Society. Award of Distinction (Feature Productions Cinema) (won), 2000.

Notes:

Script editors: Jack Feldstein and John O'Brien.

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