Backroads
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Plot
Prominent Australian Aboriginal activist Gary Foley plays a leading role in Backroads. Foley is cast as an Aborigine who links up with boorish, racist Bill Hunter. A wanted criminal, Hunter drags Foley down to his level. Disaster results, with the Aborigine bearing the brunt of the worst life has to offer. Running a scant 61 minutes, Backroads makes its point with the brutal sharpness of a slap. ~ Hal Erickson, RoviCast
- Bill Hunter - Jack King
- Gary Foley - Gary
- Julie McGregor - ?
- Terry Camilleri - Jean Claude
Credit
Lloyd Carrick - Associate Producer, Elizabeth Knight - First Assistant Director, Phillip Noyce - Director, David Huggett - Editor, Robert Murphy - Composer (Music Score), Russell Boyd - Cinematographer, Phillip Noyce - Producer, Phillip Noyce - Screenwriter, John Emery - Screenwriter| Backroad Diner (1997 Film), Backpacking Made Easy (1990 Film) | |
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Backroads (film)
| Backroads | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Phillip Noyce |
| Produced by | Phillip Noyce |
| Written by | John Emery Phillip Noyce |
| Starring | Bill Hunter Gary Foley |
| Music by | Robert Murphy |
| Cinematography | Russell Boyd |
| Editing by | David Huggett |
| Distributed by | Home Cinema Group |
| Release date(s) | 27 June 1977 |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Backroads is a 1977 Australian film directed by Phillip Noyce. Two strangers – one white (Jack), one black (Gary) – steal a car in western New South Wales and drive around the coast. The original characters came from a story by Adelaide writer John Emery, with whom Noyce had worked on a short film. Australian reviews of the film were mixed, and it opened commercially in only one cinema.[1]
Cast
- Bill Hunter as Jack
- Gary Foley as Gary
- Zack Martin as Joe
- Terry Camilleri as Jean Claude
- Julie McGregor as Anna
- Essie Coffey as Aboriginal Woman
- Allan Penney as Shopkeeper
References
- ^ "Backroads (1977) on ASO - Australia's audio and visual heritage online". Australianscreen.com.au. http://australianscreen.com.au/titles/backroads/. Retrieved 2010-09-15.
External links
- Backroads at the Internet Movie Database
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