DIRECTED BY KRIV STENDERS
BASED ON THE NOVEL BY LOUIS DE BERNIERES
STARRING
JOSH LUCAS (Sweet Home Alabama), RACHAEL TAYLOR (Transformers),
NOAH TAYLOR (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), KEISHA CASTLE-HUGHES (Whale Rider)
…and KOKO the dog
“A film with enough appeal to set tails wagging wherever it plays”
THE GUARDIAN
Opening night film at London Australian Film Festival 2011
Official Selection at Berlin Film Festival 2011
Collected 6 awards including Best Film at the
Australian Film Awards
Audience Award – Best Film at
Showcomotion Young Peoples Film Festival, 2011
RED DOG has now taken over $23m AUD and is No.7 in top Australian films of all time at the Australian Box Office.
INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY
Dampier, Western Australia, 1971. A wild and desolate place where workers from all over the world come here to sweat away. When the sun goes down, these grafters make their way to the industrial hick town’s only pub where they drink, recall their homes and get involved in fights. But this particular night things are somewhat quieter than usual. In the back room a dog is drawing its last breath. But this isn’t just any old cur, this is Red Dog, a dog everybody here knows and loves, and about whom everyone has a story to tell. No doubt about it, Red Dog really is a character –and tonight everyone is prepared to agree for once.
Directed by Kriv Stenders (The Illustrated Family Doctor, Blacktown), written by Dan Taplitz (Chaos Theory, Breakin’ All the Rules, Commandments), the film was shot on location in Western Australia, and is based on the novel by Louis De Bernieres (Captain Corelli’s Mandolin).
- posted on 24/05/2012 00:25:44
