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Australian Rules (2001)

Director: Paul Goldman

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From Time Out Film Guide

Despite it's essentially predictable script, adapted from Phillip Gwynne's novel Deadly, Unna?, this tale of a mixed youth rugby team - half 'goonyas' (whites) and half 'nungas' (blacks) - from Prospect Bay, the Tidy Town runner-up of 1993, seduces thanks to sympathetic acting and neat observation of small town life. As the talented indigenous 'Dumbie' as his white pal 'Blackie', Carroll and Phillips are impressive, as is Harrington, the idiosyncratic trainer 'Arks' (so named because he's always arksing questions). Writer/director Goodman's take on racism is hardly subtle, but his sincerity is unalloyed. (Parents of junior rugby fans beware: exceedingly foul-mouthed.

Author: WH 0000-00-00 00:00:00

Time Out Film Guide

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  • Leon said...
    Posted on Aug 06 2007 20:41 Great film although the game is called AFL, not rugby.
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Cast & crew

Director: Paul Goldman

Producer: Mark Lazarus

Cast: Nathan Phillips, Luke Carroll, Lisa Flanagan, Tom Budge, Simon Westaway, Celia Ireland, Kevin Harrington, Tony Briggs, Martin Vaughan full cast

Duration: 98 mins


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