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Film Details - House and Moorhouse Films , 1991

Producers:

Lynda House.

Production Companies:

House & Moorhouse Films.

Finance Organisations:

The Australian Film Commission and Film Victoria.

Director of Photography:

Martin McGrath.

Editors:

Ken Sallows.

Production Designers:

Patrick Reardon.

Music:

Not Drowning Waving.

Cast:

Including Hugo Weaving (Martin), Geneviève Picot (Celia), Russell Crowe (Andy), Heather Mitchell (Martin's Mother), Jeffrey Walker (Young Martin), Daniel Pollock (Punk), Frankie J. Holden (Brian), Frank Gallacher (Vet), Saskia Post (Waitress), Belinda Davey (Doctor), Cliff Ellen (Cemetery Caretaker), Tania Uren (Customer), Robert James O'Neill (Hoon), Anthony Rawling (Hoon), Darko Tuscan (Hoon), Adele Danielle (Hoon), Roy Edmunds (2nd Policeman), Lisa Chambers (Nurse), Suzanne Chapman (Chemist Girl), Angela Campbell (High Heeled Woman), Osvaldo Maione (Waiter), and Carole Patullo (Kiosk Girl).

Release Dates:

15 August 1991 (Australia).

Location:

Melbourne, Australia.

Post Production:

The Joinery.

Awards:

Best Achievement in Editing, AFI Award, 1991.
Best Director, AFI Award, 1991.
Best Achievement in Sound (nomination), AFI Award, 1991.
Silver Hugo (Best First Feature Film), Chicago International Film Festival, 1991.
Critics Award, São Paulo International Film Festival, 1992.
Bronze Award, Tokyo International Film Festival, 1991.
Sutherland Trophy, British Film Institute Awards, 1992.
Golden Camera: Special Mention, Cannes Film Festival, 1991.

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