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| director = [[Esben Storm]]
| director = [[Esben Storm]]
| producer = [[Richard Moir]]
| producer = [[Richard Moir]]
| writer = Esben Storm<br>Raland Allen
| writer = Esben Storm<br>Raland Allen
| based on =
| based_on =
| narrator =
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| starring = Jerome Ehlers
| starring = [[Jerome Ehlers]]<br>[[Tony Barry]]
| music = [[Graeme Revell]]
| music = [[Graeme Revell]]
| cinematography =
| cinematography = [[Geoffrey Simpson]]
| editing =
| editing = Ralph Strasser
| studio = Beyond Films<br>Moirstorm Productions<br>Deadly Productions<br>[[Australian Film Finance Corporation]]
| studio =
| distributor = Beyond International Group
| distributor = [[Hoyts]]-[[20th Century Studios|Fox]]-[[Sony Pictures|Columbia TriStar Films]]
| released = 1991
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1991|06||MystFest|1992|8|13|Australia}}
| runtime =
| runtime = 99 minutes
| country = Australia
| country = Australia
| language = [[English language|English]]
| language = English
| budget = A$4 million<ref>"Production Survey", ''Cinema Papers'', August 1990 p68</ref>
| budget = A$4 million<ref>"Production Survey", ''Cinema Papers'', August 1990 p68</ref>
| gross = A$25,421 (Australia)<ref>[http://www.film.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/967/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" at ''Film Victoria''] accessed 12 November 2012</ref>
| gross = A$25,421 (Australia)<ref>[http://www.film.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/967/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" at ''Film Victoria''] accessed 12 November 2012</ref>
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'''''Deadly''''' is a 1991 Australian film directed by Esben Storm.
'''''Deadly''''' is a 1991 Australian film directed by [[Esben Storm]].


==Cast==
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Storm first wrote the script in 1987. He wanted to tell the story of black deaths in custody and chose a thriller format to make the movie as accessible as possible.<ref name="storm">[http://www.signis.net/malone/tiki-index.php?page=Esben+Storm&bl "Interview with Esben Storm", ''Signis'', 22 August 1995] accessed 21 November 2012</ref>
* [[Jerome Ehlers]] as Sergeant Tony Bourke
* [[Frank Gallacher]] as Mick Thornton
* [[Alan David Lee]] as Constable Barry Blaney
* [[Caz Lederman]] as Irene
* [[Tony Barry]] as Deputy Commissioner Graham Stewart
* [[Julie Nihill]] as Jeny
* [[Martin Vaughan]] as Doctor Ward
* [[Bill Hunter (actor)|Bill Hunter]] as Vernon Giles
* [[Steve Dodd]] as Kummengu
* [[Richard Moir]] as Willie the Pathologist
* [[John Gregg (actor)|John Gregg]] as Minister

==Production==
⚫
Storm first wrote the script in 1987. He wanted to tell the story of [[Aboriginal deaths in custody]] and chose a thriller format to make the movie as accessible as possible.<ref name="storm">[http://www.signis.net/malone/tiki-index.php?page=Esben+Storm&bl "Interview with Esben Storm", ''Signis'', 22 August 1995] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103173228/http://www.signis.net/malone/tiki-index.php?page=Esben+Storm&bl |date=3 November 2013 }} accessed 21 November 2012</ref>


The movie was shot on location in [[Wilcannia]] over seven weeks. It was the first of five features funded by the [[Film Finance Corporation]]'s Film Trust Fund.<ref>Andrew Urban, "Deadly", ''Cinema Papers'', December 1990 p14-17</ref>
The movie was shot on location in [[Wilcannia]] over seven weeks. It was the first of five features funded by the [[Film Finance Corporation]]'s Film Trust Fund.<ref>Andrew Urban, "Deadly", ''Cinema Papers'', December 1990 p14-17</ref>

==Plot==
From the UK VHS slick for the movie:
<blockquote>Streetwise cop Tony Bourke is sent to a small town to complete a routine report on the death of Jimmie Bryant found hanging whilst in police custody.
His orders are clear - keep the affair away from the media and close the case within 24 hours.
The local police claim that Bryant committed suicide but the investigation exposes a number of inconsistencies in their story.
In the face of growing suspicion and hostility Bourke befriends the victim’s brother - his cellmate on the night of the killing. Together they are determined to see justice prevail … at any cost.<ref name=":0">[http://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/deadly 'Deadly'] at [http://www.ozmovies.com.au Ozmovies], accessed 14 October 2017.</ref></blockquote>

==Release==
Ozmovies says of the film:
<blockquote>The film was given a brief outing in a few Hoyts cinemas, beginning in Sydney on 13th August 1992 and the same day in Hoyts Melbourne...

The film received mixed to negative reviews in its limited domestic theatrical release.<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>


==References==
==References==
<references />
{{reflist}}
*[http://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/deadly Deadly] at [http://www.ozmovies.com.au Ozmovies]


==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0104065}}
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104065/ ''Deadly''] at [[IMDB]]
*{{Internet Archive film|id=deadly-1990}}
{{Films and television series about Indigenous Australia}}


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[[Category:Australian films]]
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[[Category:English-language films]]
[[Category:1991 films]]
[[Category:1991 films]]
[[Category:Australian crime drama films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Graeme Revell]]
[[Category:Films shot in Australia]]
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[[Category:1990s English-language films]]
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[[Category:1990s Australian films]]
[[Category:Films about Aboriginal Australians]]



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Latest revision as of 19:49, 5 October 2024

Deadly
Directed byEsben Storm
Written byEsben Storm
Raland Allen
Produced byRichard Moir
StarringJerome Ehlers
Tony Barry
CinematographyGeoffrey Simpson
Edited byRalph Strasser
Music byGraeme Revell
Production
companies
Beyond Films
Moirstorm Productions
Deadly Productions
Australian Film Finance Corporation
Distributed byHoyts-Fox-Columbia TriStar Films
Release dates
  • June 1991 (1991-06) (MystFest)
  • 13 August 1992 (1992-08-13) (Australia)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$4 million[1]
Box officeA$25,421 (Australia)[2]

Deadly is a 1991 Australian film directed by Esben Storm.

Cast

[edit]

Production

[edit]

Storm first wrote the script in 1987. He wanted to tell the story of Aboriginal deaths in custody and chose a thriller format to make the movie as accessible as possible.[3]

The movie was shot on location in Wilcannia over seven weeks. It was the first of five features funded by the Film Finance Corporation's Film Trust Fund.[4]

Plot

[edit]

From the UK VHS slick for the movie:

Streetwise cop Tony Bourke is sent to a small town to complete a routine report on the death of Jimmie Bryant found hanging whilst in police custody.

His orders are clear - keep the affair away from the media and close the case within 24 hours. The local police claim that Bryant committed suicide but the investigation exposes a number of inconsistencies in their story.

In the face of growing suspicion and hostility Bourke befriends the victim’s brother - his cellmate on the night of the killing. Together they are determined to see justice prevail … at any cost.[5]

Release

[edit]

Ozmovies says of the film:

The film was given a brief outing in a few Hoyts cinemas, beginning in Sydney on 13th August 1992 and the same day in Hoyts Melbourne... The film received mixed to negative reviews in its limited domestic theatrical release.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Production Survey", Cinema Papers, August 1990 p68
  2. ^ "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" at Film Victoria accessed 12 November 2012
  3. ^ "Interview with Esben Storm", Signis, 22 August 1995 Archived 3 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine accessed 21 November 2012
  4. ^ Andrew Urban, "Deadly", Cinema Papers, December 1990 p14-17
  5. ^ a b 'Deadly' at Ozmovies, accessed 14 October 2017.
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