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Writer:
David Caesar (writer)
Release Date:
20 February 1997 (Australia) more
Tagline:
We're Not Gonna Shoot Anyone. We're Just Gonna Have Some Fun. more
Plot:
Looking for the fast track out of suburban hell, two natural born losers scheme an impossible heist... more | add synopsis
Awards:
9 nominations more
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Now, get ready for Srk’s Fauji 2
(From GoBollywood. 4 November 2009, 7:22 AM, PST)
Tushar Kapoor says Hans Baliye on Idiot Box
(From RealBollywood. 27 July 2009, 2:37 AM, PDT)
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Idiot Box Boxes Clever more (11 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Ben Mendelsohn | ... | Kev |
 | Jeremy Sims | ... | Mick |
 | John Polson | ... | Jonah |
| Graeme Blundell | ... | Detective Eric |
| Deborah Kennedy | ... | Detective Leanne |
| Robyn Loau | ... | Lani |
| Amanda Muggleton | ... | Mum |
| Rita Loffo | ... | Bank Teller |
| Stephen Caesar | ... | Scary TV Crim |
| Chris Noonan | ... | Scary TV Crim |
| Mark Perry | ... | Scary TV Crim |
| Emma Tom | ... | TV Gangster Moll |
| Andrew S. Gilbert | ... | Greg / Laughing Boy |
| Lenny Rowe | ... | Scary TV Crim |
 | Paul Gleeson | ... | Terry |
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85 min | USA:83 min
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Iceland:16 | Australia:MA | New Zealand:R16 | Spain:18 | UK:18 (video premiere)
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Boom mic visible: Reflected in a window of the bank building opposite when Kev and Mick are rehearsing their robbery on their bicycles. more
Movie Connections:
Features Running from the Guns (1987) more
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Barneys Stomp more
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I recently described Idiot Box to somebody as an Australian "Twin Town". They asked "what's Twin Town?". I replied "a Welsh Trainspotting".
What could have been a run of the mill movie about two likeable hoons on the wrong side of the law ( but you root for them anyway ), was saved by some great flashes of direction and an exceptional performance by Ben Mendelsohn as Kev. it is a tribute to his characterization, that no matter how many times I see this film, I find the ending as shocking and as moving as the first time I saw it.
Kev's motto is great "maximum fear, minimum time", but not one I profess to live by.
Good music too.