Dalkeith (film)

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Dalkeith
Directed byLee Sheehan
Written byVictor Kazan/Leigh Sheehan (story)
Produced byJohn Chase
Starring Ray Barrett
Gus Mercurio
Jacinta Stapleton
Alan Hopgood
Julie Nihill
Edited byMartin Fox
Release date
  • 2002 (2002)
Running time
93mins
Country Australia
Language English
Budgetunder A$1million [1]
Box officeA$10,500 (Australia) [2]

Dalkeith is a film about the story of the residents in the Dalkeith Retirement Home who obtain a greyhound. The movie was marketed to an older audience. [3] They named the dog Dalkeith after the home but due to the intervention of one of the resident's relatives, problems arise.

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The film was shot in 15 days in Ballarat and was made with private investment. [4]

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References

  1. "Dalkeith" at IanSandercoe.com Archived 29 June 2013 at archive.today . Retrieved 12 November 2012
  2. "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria Archived 9 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 12 November 2012
  3. "Dalkeith". 16 October 2002.
  4. "Dalkeith" at Urban Cinefile Archived 14 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 12 November 2012