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Dirty Deeds

Year of completion
2002
Content type
Narrative Content
Format
Feature
Genre
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime/Law & Order
Duration
97 minutes
Production Status
Completed

Synopsis

It's Sydney in 1969 and the Mafia have just sent Tony and Sal, a couple of Chicago hoods, to Australia to get a cut from the profits of the illegal gambling which is flourishing due to Yank soldiers on R&R from Vietnam. Barry Ryan who runs Sydney's shady end of town doesn't think much of this idea and co-opts his nephew, Darcy, his wife, Sharon, and mistress, Margaret, into helping him keep the Mafia at bay. A trip to the outback is what he has in mind.
Completion Year
2002
Genres
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime/Law & Order
Format
Feature
Production Status
Completed

Cast and Crew

Producer

Deborah Balderstone, Bryan Brown

Director

David Caesar

Writer

David Caesar

Director of Photography

Geoff Hall

Composer

Paul Healy

Executive Producer

Xavier Marchand, Kris Noble

Editor

Mark Perry

Production Designer

Chris Kennedy

Cast

Bryan Brown, John Goodman, Toni Collette, Sam Neill, Sam Worthington, Felix Williamson

Awards

2002 — Film Critics' Circle of Australia

2002 — Australian Film Institute

2002 — Australian Film Institute

2002 — Australian Cinematographers Society NSW

Screenings

2003 — London Australian Film Festival

2004 — Shanghai International Film Festival

2002 — Toronto International Film Festival

Photography

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