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Money Movers 
Original movie posterDirected by Bruce Beresford Written by Bruce Beresford Starring Terence Donovan
Tony Bonner
Ed Devereaux
Charles 'Bud' Tingwell
Candy Raymond
Jeanie Drynan
Bryan BrownCinematography Don McAlpine Editing by William M. Anderson Distributed by Roadshow Entertainment Release date(s) 1979 Running time 92 minutes Country Australia Language English Money Movers is a 1978 crime action drama[1] film directed by Bruce Beresford. The film was based on the book Money Movers by Devon Minchin, founder of Metropolitan Security Services.[2] The story deals loosely with two real-life events, the 1970 Sydney Armoured Car Robbery where $A500,000 was stolen from a Mayne Nickless armoured van, and a 1970 incident where $A280,000 was stolen from Metropolitan Security Services' offices by bandits impersonating policemen.[3]
Money Movers is "one of the few films of the 1970s that deal with crime and police corruption as an entrenched state of being, and one of the earliest to embrace extremely violent action."[3]
Contents
Production
Bruce Beresford "dashed off" this supposedly "guaranteed audience pleaser" in order to raise the money to make Breaker Morant.[4]
Cast
- Terence Donovan ... Eric Jackson
- Tony Bonner ... Leo Bassett
- Ed Devereaux ... Dick Martin
- Charles 'Bud' Tingwell ... Jack Henderson
- Candy Raymond ... Mindel Seagers
- Jeanie Drynan ... Dawn Jackson
- Bryan Brown ... Brian Jackson
- Alan Cassell ... Sammy Ross
- Gary Files ... Ernest Sainsbury
- Ray Marshall ... Ed Gallagher
- Hu Pryce ... David Griffiths
- Frank Wilson ... Lionel Darcy
Critical reception
The film, when it was released in 1979, failed badly at the box office.[5]
20/20 Filmsight said the film is "often let down by stagy performances, uneven editing and a poor script", but is "worth checking out."[6]
Movie News said Money Movers "delivers an intriguing plot and hair-raising suspense with incredible pace and ferocity."[7]
Australian Screen said that "Money Movers was ahead of its time, and may have suffered because of that. The film opened early in 1979, and failed badly, but it was not alone – 1979 was the worst year for Australian films, in box-office terms, since the new wave of Australian cinema had begun."[3]
Box Office
Money Movers grossed $330,000 at the box office in Australia,[8] which is equivalent to $1,290,300 in 2009 dollars.
See also
References
- ^ Australian movies
- ^ Let's Start All Over Again, Senator Nick Minchin
- ^ a b c Byrnes, Paul (nd). "Money Movers 1979". Australian Screen. http://aso.gov.au/titles/features/money-movers/notes/. Retrieved 28 August 2010.
- ^ MSN Movies, Money Movers
- ^ Noir of the Week: Money Movers
- ^ 20/20 Filmsight, Money Movers
- ^ Umbrella Entertainment, Money Movers
- ^ Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office
Further reading
- McFarlane, Brian. Australian cinema New York: Columbia University Press, 1988. ISBN 0231067283
- Minchin, Devon George. The money movers London: Hutchinson of Australia, 1978. ISBN 0091308305
- Moran, Albert and Errol Vieth. Film in Australia: an introduction London: Cambridge University Press, 2006. ISBN 0521613272
- Murray, Scott. Australian film, 1978-1992: a survey of theatrical features : Vol. 2 London: Oxford University Press, 1993. ISBN 0195535847
External links
Films directed by Bruce Beresford 1970s The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972) · Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974) · Side by Side (1975) · Don's Party (1976) · The Getting of Wisdom (1978) · Money Movers (1978)1980s Breaker Morant (1980) · The Club (1980) · Puberty Blues (1981) · Tender Mercies (1983) · King David (1985) · The Fringe Dwellers (1986) · Crimes of the Heart (1986) · Her Alibi (1989) · Driving Miss Daisy (1989)1990s Mister Johnson (1990) · Black Robe (1991) · Rich in Love (1993) · A Good Man in Africa (1994) · Silent Fall (1994) · Last Dance (1996) · Paradise Road (1997) · Sydney – A Story of a City (1999) · Double Jeopardy (1999)2000s Bride of the Wind (2001) · Evelyn (2002) · And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003) · The Contract (2006) · Mao's Last Dancer (2009)Categories:- English-language films
- 1978 films
- Films shot in Adelaide
- American films
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