Dead End Drive-In

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	Ned Manning	Jimmy 'Crabs' Rossini
	Natalie McCurry	Carmen
	Peter Whitford	Thompson
	Wilbur Wilde	Hazza
	Dave Gibson	Dave
	Sandie Lillingston	Beth
	Ollie Hall	Frank
	Lyn Collingwood	Fay
	Nikki McWaters	Shirl
	Melissa Davis	Narelle
	Margi Di Ferranti	Jill
	Desirée Smith	Tracey
	Murray Fahey	Mickey
	Jeremy Shadlow	Jeff
	Brett Climo	Don
	Alan McQueen	Accident Cop
	Ken Snodgrass	Accident Cop
	Bill Lyle	Drive-in Cop
	Garry Who	Drive-in Cop
	Bernadette Foster	Momma
	Ron Sinclair	Roger McManus (News Reporter)
	Gandhi MacIntyre	Indian
	David Jones	TV newsreader
	Jeffrey Khanh	Asian Girl
	John Khanh	Asian Boy

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Director	Brian Trenchard-Smith
Writer	Peter Smalley, Peter Carey
Producer	Damien Parer, Andrew Williams, Andrew Williams
Musician	Frank Strangio
Photography	Paul Murphy

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My quick rating - 5,7/10. This is a bizarre one. The plot itself is kind of hard to explain. Not that it is complex, just that it just makes so little sense in the "why" the kids are held basically captive at the drive in. The post apocalyptic world is interesting in an 80s sort of way. The streets are battleground, the main character is difficult to finger as to what he is exactly. Hero? Loser? Just a guy, which is my pick. So in the community of the drive in, we are also introduced to an array of characters. Each is more cliched and strange as the next. And underneath this simple escape flick is a really buried message about racism and cultural equality. Out of the blue as you are laughing at the punk rockers getting beat up and fighting with cricket bats, the next thing you know you are hearing about the drive in owner allowing to many "slopes" and other slurs against races that I am guessing were migrating in force into Australia at the time. It is funny, a little cryptic and a cult flick that still has something to say.

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