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1990

Drama

4
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 171 171

family

Plot summary

A man and his wife are partners in a small business, a service station, that is struggling to survive financially. They are visited by his brother, a divorced middle-aged man, who has taken a break from his stressful career in a big business corporation.

Director

Ray Argall Photo
Ray Argall

Top cast

Ben Mendelsohn Photo
Ben Mendelsohn as Gary
Alan Fletcher Photo
Alan Fletcher as Barry
Andy McPhee Photo
Andy McPhee as Spanner
Ryan Rawlings Photo
Ryan Rawlings as Wally
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804.46 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us   fr  
24 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 1
1.61 GB
1920*1080
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us   fr  
24 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 11

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by westpac-1 7 / 10

Caught this last night on ABC

Saw the write-up in the guide and decided to record it, Surprised with the great late 80's footage of Adelaide. Magic Mountain, Glenelg, city shots etc. Loved the old cars.Actually found the service station: Corner Henley Beach Road and Military Road, Adelaide, South Australia. Now a SAFF service station and across the road the video store is now Video Ezy. Looks like the hair salon is now a TV and Video repair shop.Just love watching these old films that I missed out on when I was growing up and seeing all the old cars, locations and seeing what has happened to them.The performances are okay, considering the film is a snapshot of 80's Australian life... kids, cars, relationships etc.Great film!
Reviewed by dsewizzrd-1 8 / 10

Hey, Adelaide's on the fillum

A curious soapy film about an insurance agent in Melbourne returning to Adelaide where his brother and family live. They run a garage on Military Road in Adelaide (still there) which is struggling. Ben Mendelsohn is an apprentice and Frankie J. Holden his brother. In the first scene set in the past, a contemporary trade van drives past (I bet the clothes they wear in these scenes were bought straight off the rack at Harris Scarfe). There is more interest in seeing the old places in Adelaide that have gone ; Magic Mountain and The Wizard's Cavern in Glenelg (replaced with ugly tower blocks owned by Chinese investors), South Road going up to the overpass, the old Colonnades at Noarlunga, Castle Plaza on South Rd just after it was built, Commercial Rd in Port Adelaide, the Marion bowling club, the Cowleys Pie Cart next to the Adelaide Railway station that sold those terrible pie floaters. Product placements – South Australia Brewing (Southwark and West End), Modern Motor magazine, Peter Jackson cigarettes, Chiko rolls, Vegemite, and Castrol.
Reviewed by DukeEman 6 / 10

Not a bad effort!

Big corporate brother returns home to sleepy city and rekindles his lost innocence with struggling motor mechanic brother. Director Argall opts for constructed simple but effective images to tell a repetitive tale that needed more meat in the pie.
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