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Boxing Day - Richard Green, Tammy Anderson, Syd Brisbane, Kriv Stenders

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Movie propaganda

On the afternoon after Christmas, parolee Chris (Richard Green) is preparing lunch for his brother's ex-wife Donna (Tammy Anderson) and her daughter Brook (Misty Sparrow). Tagging along is Dave (Syd Brisbane), Donna's new boyfriend. Owen (Stuart Clark), a former jail mate of Chris', arrives with an agonising secret about Dave's own criminal past. The situation escalates as we are drawn into the compelling story of a desperate father faced with an explosive revelation that could tear his family apart.

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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film Australia crime thriller family Christmas criminal prison parole drugs visit aboriginal Australian father daughter

Persons of interest

Richard Green .... Chris
Tammy Anderson .... Donna
Syd Brisbane .... Dave
Stuart Clark .... Owen
Catriona Hadden .... Cathy
Misty Sparrow .... Brooke
Richard Green .... Screenwriter
Kriv Stenders .... Screenwriter
Kriv Stenders .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Boxing Day official movie site
Boxing Day film production notes
Boxing Day QuickTime movie trailers
Awards and film festivals:

IF Awards 2007: Nominated: Best Actor (Richard Green), Best Director (Kriv Stenders)
Montréal Festival of New Cinema 2007: Won: Acting Award (Richard Green), Special Mention (Kriv Stenders)

NB: Aboriginal and English language dialogue with English language subtitles
Studios and distributors:

Siren Visual Entertainment

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the suburbs...

Boxing Day is a hot, dry, dusty holiday in a lower socio-economic suburb that makes Struggle Street™ look like Sylvania Waters (probably ™ too). This is a house where every day is a rough day, where every time is a hard time. Cigarettes, drugs, alcohol, violence, theft, assault, shouting, fighting, fists through the plasterboard, car bodies up on concrete blocks, dead grass on the lawn, fast food on the table... makes you glad you're not a povvo.

On top of that you can add a father who's spent most of his life doing crime or doing the time, a daughter who's barely known her father because he's never been around and a mother who always picks the wrong man. Happy families. At Christmastime. Christmas brings out the worst in people because (if you've ever seen a horror film, you'll understand) they are trapped in an enclosed space with a bunch of people they might or might get along with in short bursts but it goes on too long and everyone has had a month of stress building up to the holidays and it's getting really hot and everyone had to get up early to open the presents (or stay up late to go to Midnight Mass) and anyone who drinks drinks too much and all the skeletons get dragged out of the closet and you can't leave because you'll never hear the end of it and all the emotions start bouncing off the walls (just like the Big Brother House) and before you know it someone's pulling out a gun.

And then, on the next day...

The Australia, crime, thriller movie Boxing Day is directed by Kriv Stenders and stars Richard Green, Tammy Anderson, Syd Brisbane.

Media intelligence (DVD)

Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0
Languages: English
Picture: 1.85:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
Special features:

12-page Production Booklet
Commentaries: Kriv Stenders (Director/Co-Writer), Kristian Moliere (Producer)
Documentaries:

Casting Boxing Day - featurette on the casting process, including footage from the original auditions
The day after Christmas - documentary on the making of Boxing Day
The Rule of Three - featurette on Kriv Stenders' three production priorities
When Syd met Misty - featurette on set with actors, Syd Brisbane and Misty Sparrow

Easter Eggs
Featurettes:

Boxing Day - Version 2.0 - full length alternative version of the film from Week 2 of the rehearsal
Richard Green: Poetry & Spoken Word - featurette of Richard Green's on-set performances