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Later this month, it will be the comedy Rats And Cats, about a journalist tracking down a former film and TV star. Made by the team behind the SBS comedy series Wilfred - the director, Tony Rogers, and the actor-writers Jason Gann and Adam Zwar - it is also getting a one-screen release in Sydney.
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THE team behind the comedy series Wilfred -- director Tony Rogers and actor-writers Jason Gann and AFI award-winner Adam Zwar -- appear in their own low-budget comedy about a former TV soapie star who discovers the price of celebrity when he is involved in a nostalgia TV program. (88 min)
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Rats and Cats will have its world premiere at the Melbourne festival on Thursday.
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