Oyster Farmer
Appearance
Oyster Farmer | |
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Directed by | Anna Reeves |
Written by | Anna Reeves |
Produced by | Anthony Buckley Piers Tempest |
Starring | Alex O'Loughlin Jim Norton Diana Glenn |
Cinematography | Alun Bollinger |
Edited by | Peter Beston Jamie Trevill |
Music by | Stephen Warbeck |
Distributed by | Sherman Pictures |
Release date | 10 September 2004 |
Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | Australia / United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Oyster Farmer is a 2004 Australian romantic comedy/drama film about a young man who runs away to the Hawkesbury River and gets a job with eighth-generation oyster farmers. It was written and directed by Anna Reeves, and stars Alex O'Loughlin and Diana Glenn.
The film enjoyed some free publicity, due to rumours that its star Alex O'Loughlin was a finalist for the role of James Bond.
Cast
- Alex O'Loughlin (credited as Alex O'Lachlan) as Jack Flange, a criminal who steals money from a bank van to help pay the medical bills for his ill sister. After obtaining the money, he sends the money to himself via post. To avoid getting caught, he joins a group of oyster farmers under the guise that he's a citizen looking for work.
- Jim Norton as Mumbles, Brownie's Irish-born father
- Diana Glenn as Pearl, Jack's love interest
- David Field as Brownie
- Kerry Armstrong as Trish, Brownie's estranged wife
- Claudia Harrison as Nikki Flange, Jack's sister
- Alan Cinis as Slug, a man who regularly annoys Brownie, Mumbles, Jack and the other oyster farmers under Brownie's command
- Jack Thompson as Skippy
- Bob Yearley as Bruce
- Brady Kitchingham as Heath
- Gary Henderson as Oyster Farmer Barry
- Ian Johnson as Oyster Farmer #1
- Peter Johnson (actor) as Oyster Farmer #2
- Natalie McCurry as Pearl's Mum
Box office
Oyster Farmer grossed $2,383,051 at the box office in Australia.[1]
See also
References
- ^ "Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
External links
- Oyster Farmer
- Oyster Farmer at IMDb
- "Oyster Farmer". National Film and Sound Archive. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
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- Australian romantic comedy films
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- 2000s romantic comedy films
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- Films set in New South Wales
- Films scored by Stephen Warbeck
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