Fair Game is a 1986 Australian action thriller film directed by Mario Andreacchio from a screenplay by Rob George. Quentin Tarantino enthuses about the movie in the 2008 documentary Not Quite Hollywood.

Fair Game
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Directed byMario Andreacchio
Screenplay byRob George
Produced byRon Saunders
Harley Manners
StarringCassandra Delaney
Peter Ford
David Sandford
Garry Who
CinematographyAndrew Lesnie
Edited byA.J. Prowse
Music byAshley Irwin
Production
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Southern Films International
Distributed byCEL Film Distribution
Release date
  • 24 July 1986 (1986-07-24)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$1.26 million[1]
Box officeAU$13,902 (Australia)

Plot

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A young woman (Cassandra Delaney) who runs a wildlife sanctuary in the Outback is menaced by three kangaroo hunters who have entered the sanctuary looking for new game, and decides to take revenge.

Cast

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Production

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The movie was shot in South Australia with the assistance of the Australian Film Commission. Director Mario Andreacchio later said:

Fair Game came out of a situation where we were wanting to make a movie that was a B-grade video suspense thriller. I wanted to treat it like comic book violence – it was always like a comic book study of violence. What amazed me and the thing I found quite disappointing was that it started to become a cult film in some parts of the world and people were taking it seriously. And that, for me, became a real turning point. I thought, if people are taking this seriously, then I don't think I can make this sort of material.[2]

Box office

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Fair Game grossed $13,902 at the box office in Australia.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Suzanne Brown, "Fair Game", Australian Film 1978-1992, Oxford Uni Press 1993 p194
  2. ^ Interview with Mario Andreacchio' Signet 20 September 1998 Archived 12 January 2013 at archive.today Retrieved 14 October 2012
  3. ^ "Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
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