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Hunt Angels (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Australian Film Institute
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
86 min + 128 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Behind the scenes
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Short Film
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2006 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Alec Morgan

Written By:
Alec Morgan

Actors:
Richard Evans ..... Himself
Paul F. Kathner ..... Himself
Barry Noonan ..... Himself
Allan Peters ..... Himself
Andrew Pike ..... Himself
Charles 'Bud' Tingwell ..... Himself
Ben Mendelsohn ..... Rupert Kathner
Victoria Hill ..... Alma Brooks
Eloise Oxer ..... Clarice Kathner
Robert Bruning ..... Stanley Mount
Julie Herbert ..... Gwen Oatley
Peter Gwynne ..... Rodney Shaw
Luke Ikimis-Healey ..... Young Paul Kathner (as Luke Ikimus Healey)
Peter Carmody ..... Allan Cooke
Jennifer Hagan ..... Mrs. Tolstein

Synopsis:

Director Alec Morgan fuses elements of documentary and dramatic biography in this tribute to a wily pioneer of the Australian cinema. In the 1930's, as Australia was locked in an economic depression, the nation's film industry was on the verge of collapse as American interests purchased most major theater chains and bought out independent producers. However, Rupert Kathner was a passionate believer in the notion of Australian movies for Australians, and he was determined to make films for the home audience. Kathner, however, had little skill as a filmmaker, and his criminal record as a confidence man made it difficult to obtain financing through normal channels. Kathner wasn't about to let such things stop him, though; with his longtime girlfriend and cinematographer Alma Brooks, Kathner chased down "angels" (his name for investors) with grand tales of his future productions, and he wasn't above writing a bad check to keep his show on the road, or firing an actor foolish enough to insist on being paid. While Kathner made as many enemies as friends and earned little if any critical respect for his low-budget potboilers, he managed to write, produce and direct a handful of independent features in Australia before his death in 1954. Hunt Angels combines vintage footage of Kathner at work, rare still photos, and interviews featuring his friends and associates alongside staged sequences featuring Ben Mendelsohn as Kathner and Victoria Hill as Brooks.

In the late 1930s, Rupert Kathner and Alma Brooks began a movie-making spree that took on the Hollywood barons, a Police Commissioner and the cultural cringe, all in their passionate pursuit to make Australian films. On the run from police across thousands of miles, they would stop at almost nothing to get their films made.

Documentary-drama. Recreates Rupert Kathner and Alma Brooks' fast-living filmmaking partnership.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 12 February, 2010.

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