Backroads

SYNOPSIS: First feature by Phillip Noyce (Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, Bone Collector. A tale of two outsiders, on the run. One white, one black. Heading for nowhere fast. Shot on location in north western NSW and features Bill Hunter in his earliest lead role, and Gary Foley, Koori political activist. An Australian cult film.

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R

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Gary Foley, Bill Hunter, Zac Martin, Julie McGregor, Terry Camilleri, Essie Coffey.

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Screened at 1978 Berlin, London and Cannes Festivals.

QUOTABLE QUOTES
FROM MAJOR REVIEWS:

"..has a curiously haunting quality" - London Sunday Observer. "..an outstanding road movie to stand beside the very best American examples of the genre" - Rod McShane Time Out. "..one of the best of the Australian new wave" - Derek Malcolm Guardian

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independent australian feature/ Indigenous issues/ Reconciliation.