Kokoda Crescent
| Kokoda Crescent | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ted Robinson |
| Written by | Patrick Cook |
| Produced by | Phillip Emanuel |
| Starring | Warren Mitchell Bill Kerr Martin Vaughan Ruth Cracknell |
| Cinematography | Dan Burstall |
Production companies | Phillip Emanuel Productions Australian Film Commission |
| Distributed by | Applause Home Video (video) |
Release date |
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| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | A$2 million[1] |
Kokoda Crescent is a 1988 Australian film about World War Two veterans who seek revenge against the drug pushers responsible for the death of one of their grandchildren.[2]
Cast
- Warren Mitchell as Stan
- Bill Kerr as Russ
- Martin Vaughan as Eric
- Ruth Cracknell as Alice
- Madge Ryan as Margaret
- Penne Hackforth-Jones as Carol
- John Orcsik as Vince
- Slim De Grey as Aub
- Greg Stone as Sergeant
- Steve Jacobs as Detective
Music
The film's sound track features the opening chords of Erik Satie's Gymnopédie No. 1 repeated ad nauseam with no apparent connection to the action on the screen.
Release
The movie was not released theatrically and went straight to video.[3] A DVD transfer has been published in Australia.
Review
"Good idea squanders an excellent cast by concentrating on the nastier sides of the story"[4]
References
- ↑ "Production Survey", Cinema Papers, May 1988 p. 68
- ↑ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p. 246
- ↑ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970–1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p. 97
- ↑ Tony Harrison, ed. (1994). The Australian Film and Television Companion. Simon & Schuster. p. 58. ISBN 0731804554.
External links
- Kokoda Crescent at IMDb
- Kokoda Crescent at Oz Movies