A Slow Night at the Kuwaiti Cafe

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Slow Night at the Kuwaiti Cafe
Directed by Marc Gracie
Written byChris Thompson
Marc Gracie
Produced by Frank Howson
StarringMichael Bishop
Tirel Mora
Fiona Corke
Tanya Lacey
Production
company
Release date
1992
Running time
85 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

A Slow Night at the Kuwaiti Cafe is a 1992 Australian film directed by Marc Gracie. [1] It was not theatrically released. [2]

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Premise

A Vietnam veteran takes over the small Kuwaiti Cafe in downtown Melbourne and holds the manager hostage in a countdown to prevent the Gulf War.

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References

  1. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970–1995, Oxford University Press, 1996 p. 143
  2. Australian Film 1978–1992, Oxford University Press 1993 p. 410