
Rating: 8 stars
Seen 1 time
Seen on: 09/26/2012
Most recently watched by sleestakk
A schoolteacher, stuck in a teaching post in an arid backwater, stops off in a mining town on his way home for Christmas. Discovering a local gambling craze that may grant him the money to move back to Sydney for good, he embarks on a five-day nightmarish odyssey of drinking, gambling, and hunting.
Rated R | Length 109 minutes
Donald Pleasence | Jack Thompson | John Meillon | Chips Rafferty | Maggie Dence | Slim DeGrey | Harry Lawrence | Gary Bond | Sylvia Kay | Peter Whittle | Al Thomas | Dawn Lake | John Armstrong | Buster Fiddess | Robert McDarra | Carlo Manchini | Owen Moase | Norm Erskine | John Dalleen | Nelson | Tex Foote | Colin Hughes | Jacko Jackson | Nancy Knudsen | Liam Reynolds
My first film of Day 7, my last day of FF2012, and 28th feature overall. Also one of my top three favorites of the festival and the only repertory screening I caught. Was great to have director Ted Kotcheff on hand to deliver the introduction and do a Q&A. This has possibly the best Donald Pleasence performance captured on film. Such a gritty, grimy film that makes you want to take a shower afterward.
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