Hunt Angels

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Hunt Angels
Directed byAlec Morgan
Written byAlec Morgan
Produced byDaryl Dellora
Sue Maslin
Antonio Zeccola
Starring Victoria Hill
Ben Mendelsohn
CinematographyJackie Farkas
Edited by Tony Stevens
Music by Jen Anderson
Distributed by Palace Films
Release date
  • 6 October 2006 (2006-10-06)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Hunt Angels is a 2006 Australian docudrama, directed by Alec Morgan, starring Victoria Hill and Ben Mendelsohn. Hunt Angels was filmed in Sydney, Australia and opened in Australia on 30 November 2006 after premiering at the Melbourne International Film Festival in August.

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Plot

In the late 1930s, Rupert Kathner and Alma Brooks began a movie-making spree that took on the Hollywood barons, a corrupt Police Commissioner and the cultural cringe, all in their passionate pursuit to make Australian films. On the run from police across thousands of miles, they would stop at almost nothing to get their films made.

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Box office

Hunt Angels grossed $40,883 at the box office in Australia. [1]

Awards

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References

  1. Film Victoria – Australian Films at the Australian Box Office Archived 23 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 3 "Full list of AFI winners", news.com.au, 8 December 2006
  3. "Suburban Mayhem sweeps AFI's", The Age, 20 October 2006