Horseplay | |
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Directed by | Stavros Kazantzidis |
Written by | Stavros Kazantzidis Allanah Zitserman |
Produced by | Allanah Zitserman |
Starring | Marcus Graham Abbie Cornish Tushka Bergen Jason Donovan |
Cinematography | David Eggby |
Edited by | Andrew Macneil |
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Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Box office | AU$140,550 (Australia)[1] |
Horseplay is a 2003 Australian Comedy drama film, written & directed by Stavros Kazantzidis and co-written & produced by Allanah Zitserman, starring Abbie Cornish and Marcus Graham. The film is set around the famous Melbourne Cup horse race, in Melbourne, Australia.[2] The film was released on 22 May 2003.
Cast
[edit]- Abbie Cornish as Becky Wodinski
- Marcus Graham as Max MacKendrick
- Tushka Bergen as Alicia Coxhead
- Jason Donovan as Henry
- Amanda Douge as Grace
Plot
[edit]Lovable rogue Max Mackendrick dreams about winning big on the Melbourne Cup. Set in the colourful world of horseracing, Horseplay follows the chaotic life of a wannabe horse trainer as he deals with the turf, the ladies and everyone else out to get him.
Production
[edit]The filmmakers said they were inspired by Jacobean theatre and Ealing comedies of the 1950s. Shooting began on 5 November 2001 and finished seven weeks later.[3]
Soundtrack
[edit]- "Would I Lie to You" – Deborah Conway
- "Every 1's a Winner" – Kate Ceberano
- "The Thrill Is Gone – Renee Geyer
- "Everybody" – Abi Tucker
- "The Payback – James Brown
- "Now That We've Found Love" – Third World
- "I See You Baby" – Groove Armada
- "I Just Wanna Be Loved" – Etherfo
- "You Took All I Had" – Etherfo
- "Watch My Lips" – Nigel Westlake
- "Relax Max" – Nigel Westlake
- "Would You Kill For It" – Nigel Westlake
- "Race Fixing" – Nigel Westlake
- "Till Death Us Do Part" – Nigel Westlake
- "Torpedo" – Nigel Westlake
- "The Train Ride to Hell" – Nigel Westlake
- "Don't Move" – Nigel Westlake
- "Just Drive" – Nigel Westlake
- "Horny Ed" – Nigel Westlake
- "Ecstasy" – Nigel Westlake
- "He's The Guy" – Nigel Westlake
- "Case Dismissed" – Nigel Westlake
References
[edit]- ^ "Australian Films at the Box Office – Report to Film Victoria" (PDF). Film Victoria. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ^ Iaccarino, Clara (21 May 2003). "Fixing the Cup". The Sun Herald. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ "Horseplay Production Notes". The Cinematic Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
External links
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