Mad Dog Morgan
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 DVD cover for 'Mad Dog Morgan' |
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| Directed by | Philippe Mora |
| Produced by | Jeremy Thomas Richard Brennan |
| Written by | Margaret Carnegie Philippe Mora |
| Starring | Dennis Hopper Jack Thompson David Gulpilil Frank Thring Michael Pate |
| Music by | Patrick Flynn |
| Cinematography | Mike Molloy |
| Editing by | John Scott |
| Distributed by | Troma Entertainment |
| Release date(s) |
9 July 1976 (Australia) 22 September 1976 (USA) |
| Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Mad Dog Morgan is a 1976 Australian bushranger film directed by Philippe Mora and starring Dennis Hopper, Jack Thompson and David Gulpilil. It is based upon the life of Dan Morgan. The film used various locations where Dan Morgan had been active, in the eastern Riverina, including Billabong Creek, Culcairn and Jindera.
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[edit] Production
Producer Jeremy Thomas later remembered his experience making the film:
We got Dennis Hopper somehow to be in it and I think there were something like 120 speaking parts and only $400,000 to make the film, which was very much in awe of Sam Peckinpah. We made a Western in Australia. And the film got selected for a side-bar event in Cannes; a film festival as usual came to my rescue. So I moved back to Europe having had the hands-on experience of making a film. The budget was made on a piece of paper, just page after page, and that is how the budget was constructed, never having made a film before, and a lot of the people who worked on the film were complete amateurs. I don’t know how it was completed or done because we were very irresponsible, but I think it is a very good way to start with a colleague or friend.[1]
The making of Mad Dog Morgan was featured in Mark Hartley's 2008 documentary Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!, in which Thomas and Mora are interviewed.
[edit] Tromasterpiece Collection
Troma Entertainment's original VHS and DVD release was a heavily edited version of the film, seeing that the unrated or uncut versions were very difficult to come by outside of Australia.
With the intent of re-releasing the best films in the Troma library, The Tromasterpiece Collection released a 2-disc unrated version of the film in the USA in November 2009.
Special features include interviews with director Philippe Mora, cinematographer Mike Molloy and associate producer Richard Brennan, along with a radio interview, deleted scenes, locations featurette, stills gallery and the original theatrical program.
Two graphic trailers were released for the DVD launch.
[edit] Director's Cut
Umbrella Entertainment (Australia) released a Director's Cut of the film on DVD in early 2009.
The DVD featured a fully restored print of the film, presented in an aspect ratio of 2:35:1.
The single disc included:
- They Shoot a Mad Dog: The Making of Mad Dog Morgan, a 23-minute documentary
- That's Our Mad Dog: Dennis Hopper interviewed by Phillipe Mora - a new 30-minute documentary
Further extras included an audio commentary by director Phillipe Mora; film excerpts; a radio interview; a stills gallery, a reprint of the film's original release theatre programme; and a .pdf file of the original shooting script.
[edit] External links
- Mad Dog Morgan at the Internet Movie Database
- Mad Dog Morgan – at the Troma Entertainment movie database
- Jeremy Thomas at the Internet Movie Database
- Recorded Picture Company Official site
- Recorded Picture Company at the Internet Movie Database
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[edit] References
- ^ Thomas, Jeremy; Lieberson, Sanford (11 April 2006). ""At the Cutting Edge" – Producer Jeremy Thomas, interviewed by producer Sandy Lieberson". Berlinale Talent Campus. http://www.berlinale-talentcampus.de/story/89/1789.html. Retrieved 2010-04-03.
