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Release Date:
7 May 1999 (USA)
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Ordinary Family. Extraordinary Story. more
Plot:
A Melbourne family is very happy living where they do, near the Melbourne airport (according to Jane Kennedy...
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2 wins
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11 nominations
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(5 articles)
Ciff 2009: The winners! And our reviews
(From Roger Ebert's Blog. 22 October 2009, 6:39 PM, PDT)
Desert Rats Star Tingwell Dies
(From WENN. 21 May 2009, 2:55 PM, PDT)
(From Roger Ebert's Blog. 22 October 2009, 6:39 PM, PDT)
Desert Rats Star Tingwell Dies
(From WENN. 21 May 2009, 2:55 PM, PDT)
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Hilarious one liners and self deprecating humor.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Michael Caton | ... | Darryl Kerrigan | |
| Anne Tenney | ... | Sal Kerrigan | |
| Stephen Curry | ... | Dale Kerrigan | |
| Anthony Simcoe | ... | Steve Kerrigan | |
| Sophie Lee | ... | Tracy Kerrigan | |
| Wayne Hope | ... | Wayne Kerrigan | |
| Tiriel Mora | ... | Dennis Denuto | |
| Eric Bana | ... | Con Petropoulous | |
| Charles 'Bud' Tingwell | ... | Lawrence Hammill | |
| Robyn Nevin | ... | Federal Court Judge | |
| Costas Kilias | ... | Farouk | |
| Bryan Dawe | ... | Ron Graham | |
| Monty Maizels | ... | Jack | |
| Lynda Gibson | ... | Evonne | |
| John Benton | ... | Mr. Lyle |
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Rated R for language.
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82 min
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On Miramax's US poster, writer/creator Santo Cilauro's name is misspelled "Cilaurio".
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Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Dennis Denuto dictates a letter, takes a tape out of the dictaphone, puts the tape in the tape player, pushes the "Play" button and starts typing. He didn't rewind the tape first.
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Con Petropoulous:
And can I just say how disenchanted I am with the legal system
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Referenced in "Beyond Tomorrow: (#2.19)" (2006)
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Tequila
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This movie was quite a surprise, and a pleasant one at that. To be honest, I would probably never have rented nor watched this movie if broadcast, based on the amateurish look of the video cover and the ads. My reaction to it, before seeing it was that it was another movie slapped together to piggyback onto the success of another movie with the same actor/director/theme etc.etc. while the fire was hot. But, a friend borrowed it from the library, and the video was sitting there, so I decided to watch it. Was I happily surprised! The one liners make this movie, if you pay attention and catch them all, this movie has many a belly laugh. It was true to life too, I KNOW these people, whether they come from Australia or Arkansas, they're out there, and this is their reality.
Remove the accents, put a few non working appliances in the front yard, a car up on cinder blocks, and you have the American version. A very nice surprise for me, if you like humor that doesn't insult your intellect, you'll like this movie. Many a memorable line in it too.
I would disagree with others who have commented on the profanity in this movie. In this case there is very little profanity for profanity's sake, it's usually very well timed and ads to the storyline, like when he passes the barrister the note in court.