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Adaptation of
Chopper : From the Inside : The Confessions of Mark Brandon Read
1991
single work
autobiography
Issue Details:
First known date:
2000...
2000
Chopper
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Film Details - Pariah Films , 2000 - Currency Press , 2001
Producers:
Michele Bennett (Producer)
Michael Gudinski (Co-Producer)
Martin Fabinyi (Executive Producer)
Al Clark (Executive Producer)
Production Companies:
Pariah Films
Finance Organisations:
Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC)
Mushroom Pictures
Director of Photography:
Geoffrey Hall
Kevin Hayward
Editors:
Ken Sallows
Production Designers:
Paddy Reardon
Composer:
Mick Harvey
Cast:
Eric Bana (Mark 'Chopper' Read), Simon Lyndon (Jimmy Loughnan), David Field (Keithy George), Daniel Wyllie (Bluey), Bill Young (Detective Downie), Vince Colosimo (Neville Bartos), Kenny Graham (Keith Read), Kate Beahan (Tanya), Serge Liistro (Sammy the Turk), Pam Western (Tanya's Mother), Garry Waddell (Kevin Darcy), Brian Mannix (Ian James), Skye Wansey (Mandy), Annalise Emtsis (Shazzy), Johnnie Targhan (Paul the Bouncer), Robert Rabiah (Nick), Sam Houli (Robbo), Caleb Cluff (Detective Creswell), Hilton Henderson (Detective Wyatt), Fred Barker (Governor Beasley), Peter Hardy (Detective Cooney), Marcus Taylor (Marcus - Jimmy's Mate), David Ross Paterson (Morris Jeffrey), Fletcher Humphrys (Bucky), Renée Brack (Television Interviewer), Gregory Pitt (Prison Officer 1), Richard Sutherland (Prison Officer 2), Andrew Dunn (Prison Officer 3), Alan Close (Medical Officer), Mark Stratford (Classification Officer), Carl Price (Brunswick Court Judge), Sarah Jane King (Glamour Queen), Ernie Gray (Crown Prosecutor), Terry Willesee (Current Affairs Show Host), Eve Hannifer, Jordan Janceski.
Release Dates:
1. Premiered in Australia on 3 August 2000. Other release dates include New Zealand (16 November 2000), UK (24 November 2000), USA (13 April 2001), France (30 May 2001), Spain (6 July 2001), Finland (19 October 2001), Greece (19 October 2001), Argentina (25 October 2001), Netherlands (8 November 2001), Mexico (5 April 2002), Belgium (5 June 2002), Turkey (20 August 2004), and Poland (5 October 2007).
2. Chopper also screened at the following film festivals: 2000 Toronto International Film Festival (Canada), 2000 Bergen International Film Festival (Norway), 2001 Sundance Film Festival (USA), 2001 Night Visions Film Festival (Finland), 2001 Athens Film Festival (Greece), 2001 Helsinki International Film Festival (Finland), and 2004 Australian Film Festival (Philippines).
3. Released on DVD format in 2001 by Twentieth Century Fox Home Video. Also released on videocassette format in 2001 by Palace Entertainment.
Location:
- Filmed largely on location in Melbourne and at Pentridge Prison (Victoria).
Awards:
- Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (2000) Best Achievement in Direction - Andrew Dominik (winner)
- Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (2000) Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Eric Bana (winner)
- Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (2000) Best Achievement in Sound - Frank Lipson, Glenn Newnham ,Steve Burgess and John Schiefelbein (nomination)
- Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (2000) Best Film - Michele Bennett (nomination)
- Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (2000) Best Original Music Score - Mick Harvey (nomination)
- Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (2000) Best Achievement in Production Design - Paddy Reardon (nomination)
- Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (2000) Best Achievement in Editing - Ken Sallows (nomination)
- Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (2000) Best Achievement in Cinematography - Geoffrey Hall and Kevin Hayward (nomination)
- Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards (2000) Best Performance by an an Actor in a Supporting Role - Simon Lyndon (winner)
- Cognac Festival du Film Policier, France (2001) Critics Award - Andrew Dominik (winner)
- Cognac Festival du Film Policier, France (2001) Grand Prix - Andrew Dominik (winner)
- British Independent Film Awards (2001) Best Foreign Independent Film, English Language (nomination)
- Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards (2001) Best Supporting Actor, Female - Kate Beahan (nomination)
- Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards (2001) Best Actor, Male - Eric Bana (winner)
- Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards (2001) Best Director - Andrew Dominik (winner)
- Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards (2001) Best Film (winner)
- Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards (2001) Best Supporting Actor, Male Simon Lyndon (winner)
- Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards (2001) Best Cinematography - Kevin Hayward and Geoffrey Hall (nomination)
- Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards (2001) Best Editing - Ken Sallows (nomination)
- Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards (2001) Best Music Score - Mick Harvey (nomination)
- Inside Film (IF) Awards (2000) Best Independent New Filmmaker - Andrew Dominik (winner)
- Inside Film (IF) Awards (2000) Best Actor - Eric Bana (winner)
- Stockholm Film Festival, Sweden (2000) Best Actor - Eric Bana (winner)
- Stockholm Film Festival, Sweden (2000) Bronze Horse - Andrew Dominik (nomination)
Notes:
1. Also known as Chopper - Memórias de um Criminoso (Brazil), Chopper, Retrato de un Asesino (Argentina), Kasap (Turkey).
Subjects:
- Pentridge Prison, Coburg, Brunswick - Coburg area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,
Settings:
- Melbourne, Victoria,
