Fair Game (1986 film)

Fair Game
Fair Game
	DVD cover
Directed by	Mario Andreacchio
Screenplay by	Rob George
Produced by	Ron Saunders; Harley Manners
Starring	Cassandra Delaney; Peter Ford; David Sandford; Garry Who
Cinematography	Andrew Lesnie
Edited by	A.J. Prowse
Music by	Ashley Irwin
Production; company	Southern Films International
Distributed by	CEL Film Distribution
Release date	24 July 1986;
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	A$1.26 million
Box office	AU$13,902 (Australia)

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.

Plot

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

Cassandra Delaney as Jessica
Peter Ford as Sunny
David Sandford as Ringo
Garry Who as Sparks
Don Barker as Frank
Carmel Young as Moira
Tony Clay as Derek
Adrian Shirley as Victor

Production

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

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

References

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

External links

Fair Game at IMDb
Fair Game at AllMovie
Fair Game at Oz Movies

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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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