Redball

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Redball
Directed by Jon Hewitt
Written byJon Hewitt
Produced byPhillip Parslow
Starring Belinda McClory
John Brumpton
Dan Wyllie
Asher Keddie
CinematographyMark Pugh
Music byNeil McGrath
Production
companies
Rough Beast
Paper Bark Films
Distributed by Palace Films
Scanbox International
Release dates
  • 29 April 1999 (1999-04-29)(Australia)
  • 19 August 1999 (1999-08-19)(U.S.)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Budgetunder A$300,000 [1]
Box officeA$30,276 (Australia) [2]

Redball is a 1999 Australian film.

Jon Hewitt wrote the script after seeing Belinda McClory in Janus , which was produced and aired on ABC TV between 1994 and 1995. [3]

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Most of the budget came from private sources with $100,000 from Film Victoria. The movie was shot on Mini-DV. [4]

Synopsis

Against a background of ongoing and systemic corruption, Victoria Police detectives Wilson and Walsh are tasked with solving a series of child murders committed in Melbourne by a serial killer dubbed "Mr. Creep". The film is also dispersed with scenes about a dead body found floating in the Yarra River, where more and more senior police officials instruct it to be ignored and send further downstream, reflecting the corruption and apathy shown by police throughout the film.

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