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Mullet

Year of completion
2000
Content type
Narrative Content
Format
Feature
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Duration
90 minutes
Production Status
Completed

Synopsis

Life in a small coastal fishing town is turned upside down when Eddie Maloney returns to face everything that he walked out on three years ago. Mullet is a warm, often comic look at love, relationships and the great Australian solution to everything...the barbie.
Completion Year
2000
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Format
Feature
Production Status
Completed

Cast and Crew

Director

David Caesar

Writer

David Caesar

Composer

Paul Healy

Production Designer

Elizabeth Mary Moore

Editor

Mark Perry

Producer

Vincent Sheehan

Director of Photography

Robert Humphreys ACS

Cast

Ben Mendelsohn, Susie Porter, Andrew S Gilbert, Tony Barry, Kris McQuade, Belinda McClory, Peta Brady, Wayne Blair, Steve Le Marquand, Aaron Blabey

Awards

2001 — Australian Screen Sound Guild – Best Achievement in Sound for a Feature Film - Dialogue and ADR Editing - Julius Chan

2002 — Shanghai International Film Festival – Best Director - David Caesar

2001 — Film Critics' Circle of Australia – Best Original Screenplay - David Caesar

2001 — Film Critics' Circle of Australia – Best Supporting Actor - Andrew S Gilbert

2001 — AWGIE Awards – David Caesar

2001 — Australian Cinematographers Society NSW – Gold - Robert Humphreys

Screenings

2001 — Hawaii International Film Festival

2002 — London Australian Film Festival

2002 — Minneapolis and St Paul International Film Festival

2001 — Montreal World Film Festival

2001 — Pusan International Film Festival

2001 — Saint Tropez Film Festival - Cinema de Antipodes

2002 — Shanghai International Film Festival

2001 — Vancouver International Film Festival

2001 — Edinburgh International Film Festival

2001 — International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg

2025 — The Sydney Film Festival

Sales

Australian Sales

Jetty Distribution

International Sales

Axiom Films

Production Company

Porchlight Films Pty Ltd

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