The Castle (1997)

Directed by

Rob Sitch

Genre

trial film

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

R

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 230 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The Kerrigan family lives a simple working class life in a house near an airport. When the government tries to force them out to expand the airport, the father fights to keep his home.

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What happens

The Castle is a 1997 Australian comedy film directed by Rob Sitch, and written by Rob Sitch, Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner and Jane Kennedy of Working Dog Productions, all veteran writers and performers on ABC's The Late Show and The D-Generation. The film stars Michael Caton, Anne Tenney, Stephen Curry, Anthony Simcoe, Sophie Lee and Wayne Hope as the Kerrigan family, as well as Tiriel Mora, Robyn Nevin, Eric Bana (in his film debut), Costas Kilias and long time collaborator Charles "Bud" Tingwell (who had worked with the team since 1993 on "The Late Show"). The film's title is based upon the English saying, repeatedly referred to in the film, "A man's home is his castle". Its humour plays on the national self-image, most notably the concept of working-class Australians and their place in modern Australia. Shot in 11 days on a budget of approximately A$750,000, The Castle gained widespread acclaim in Australia, where it is considered one of the greatest Australian films ever made. It grossed A$10,326,428 at the box office in Australia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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