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Film Details - Filmgraphics Entertainment , 2009
Producers:
Anna Fawcett, Todd Fellman, and Mark Lazarus.
Production Companies:
Filmgraphics Entertainment.
Finance Organisations:
Australian Film Finance Corporation (which allegedly provided over half the budget).
Director of Photography:
Simon Duggan.
Editors:
Rodrigo Balart and Toby Denneen.
Production Designers:
Bob Hill.
Music:
Elliott Wheeler.
Cast:
Teresa Palmer (Dale), Travis Fimmel (Ron), Stephen Moyer (Andrew Shepard), Philip Holder (Sergeant Paul Wittens), Margie McCrae (Mrs Wynott), Peter Davies (Terry Gilmore), Alyssa McClelland (Gabrielle), Nate Jones (Tim), and Joanne Hunt (Constable Edwina Blainey).
Release Dates:
April 2009 (Australia).
Though the film (produced in 2005) was intended for release in 2006, multiple test screenings resulted in it being cut by thirty minutes and released three years after schedule.
For information on the late release of Restraint, see Brendan Swift's article in If Magazine: http://if.com.au/2012/04/11/article/Restraint-why-an-Australian-thriller-suffered-a-single-screen-one-week-release/IXLEMFDZOR.html (Sighted: 27/7/2012)
Location:
- Filmed on location in New South Wales.
Settings:
- Illawarra, South Coast, New South Wales,
- 2009
