Australian Rules
Film poster
Directed by	Paul Goldman
Produced by	Mark Lazarus
Written by	Screenplay: Phillip Gwynne Paul Goldman Novel: Phillip Gwynne
Starring	Nathan Phillips Luke Carroll Lisa Flanagan Kevin Harrington
Music by	Mick Harvey
Cinematography	Mandy Walker
Editing by	Stephen Evans
Release date(s)	2002
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English

Australian Rules, is a 2002 Australian film directed by Paul Goldman. The film was adapted from the novel Deadly, Unna? by Phillip Gwynne. It stars Nathan Phillips, Luke Carroll, Tom Budge, Brian Torry and Lisa Flanagan. The film was launched at the Melbourne International Film Festival.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Awards and nominations 4 External links

[edit] Plot

The film is about a young man experiencing the hardships of growing up in rural South Australia, in particular dealing with the issue of racial relationships through the central characters, their involvement in local Australian rules football, and aboriginal players. In an isolated South Australian fishing town, the only thing that connects two communities the whites and the blacks is football. Gary Black (Nathan Phillips) and Dumby Red (Luke Carroll) are an exception teenage best friends from different sides of the tracks. Dumby is the star of the football team and likely to become the next big Aboriginal star in the big leagues. Gary is the bookish son of a hard-drinking and brutal white fisherman, Bob Black (Simon Westaway). He is attracted to Dumby's beautiful sister, Clarence (Lisa Flanagan). When their team wins the premiership, Dumby's elation is short-lived. He is passed over for the best-on-ground prize, setting off a chain of events that ends in tragedy.

[edit] Cast

• Nathan Phillips as Gary "Blacky" Black
• Simon Westaway as Bob Black
• Celia Ireland as Liz Black
• Nick Readman as Team-man
• Catherine Hughes as Sharon
• Hannah-Claire Koblar as Jenny
• Harrison Gilbertson as Greggy
• Kelton Pell as Tommy Red
• Luke Carroll as Dumby Red
• Franchesca Cubillo as Dumby's Mother
• Lisa Flanagan as Clarence
• Tom Budge as Pickles
• Paul Eadon as Thumper
• James Alberts as Carol Cockatoo
• Eileen Darley as Shirl
• Kevin Harrington as Mr. Robertson "Arks"
• Reece Horner as Mark Arks
• Martin Vaughan as Darcy
• Tony Briggs as Pretty
• Brian Torry as Glenn Bright
• Max Fairchild as Big Mac
• Adam Morgan as Field Umpire
• Gabby Gwynne as Scoreboard boy

[edit] Awards and nominations

• 2004: Nominated for six Australian Film Institute Awards
• 2004: ARIA Awards – awarded Best Original Soundtrack (composer: Mick Harvey) directed by Justin Rinulds

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Australian Rules at the Internet Movie Database
• Australian Rules at the National Film and Sound Archive

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