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Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Animal Kingdom
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Film Details - Porchlight Films , 2010

Producers:

Liz Watts (Producer)
Vincent Sheehan (Executive Producer)
Bec Smith (Executive Producer)

Production Companies:

Porchlight Films
Screen Australia

Director of Photography:

Adam Arkapaw

Editors:

Luke Doolan

Production Designers:

Josephine Ford

Composer:

Antony Partos

Cast:

Inc. Ben Mendelsohn (Andrew 'Pope' Cody), Joel Edgerton (Barry Brown), Guy Pearce (Sergeant Nathan Leckie), Luke Ford (Darren Cody), Jacki Weaver (Janine Cody), Sullivan Stapleton (Craig Cody), James Frecheville (Joshua 'J' Cody), Dan Wyllie (Ezra White), Anthony Hayes (Detective Justin Norris), Laura Wheelwright (Nicky Henry), Mirrah Foulkes (Catherine Brown), Justin Rosniak (Detective Randall Roache), Susan Prior (Alicia Henry), Clayton Jacobson (Gus Emery), and Anna Lise Phillips (Justine Hopper).

Release Dates:

3 June 2010 (Australia).

Location:

  • Filmed on location in Melbourne, Victoria.

Awards:

  • ADG Award (Australian Directors Guild), Best Direction in a Feature Film, 2010.
  • AFI Award (Australian Film Institute), Best Direction, 2010.
  • AFI Award (Australian Film Institute), Best Original Music Score, 2010.
  • AFI Award (Australian Film Institute), Best Editing, 2010.
  • AFI Award (Australian Film Institute), Best Cinematography (nomination), 2010.
  • AFI Award (Australian Film Institute), Best Sound (nomination), 2010.
  • AFI Award (Australian Film Institute), Best Production Design (nomination), 2010.
  • AFI Award (Australian Film Institute), Best Costume Design (nomination), 2010.
  • ASE Award (Australian Screen Editors), Avid Award for Best Editing on a Feature Film (nomination), 2010.
  • BSFC Award (Boston Society of Film Critics), Best New Filmmaker (second place), 2010.
  • British Independent Film Award (British Independent Film Awards), Best Foreign Independent Film (nominated), 2011.
  • CFCA Award (Chicago Film Critics Association Awards), Most Promising Filmmaker (nomination), 2010.
  • Chlotrudis Award (Chlotrudis Awards), Best Original Screenplay (nomination), 2011.
  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards), Best Director, 2011.
  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards), Best Film, 2011.
  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards), Best Screenplay, 2011.
  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards), Best Editor (nomination), 2011.
  • FCCA Award (Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards), Best Music Score (nomination), 2011.
  • IF Award (IF Awards), Best Direction, 2010.
  • IF Award (IF Awards), Best Editing (nomination), 2010.
  • IF Award (IF Awards), Best Sound (nomination), 2010.
  • NYFCC Award (New York Film Critics Circle Awards), Best First Film, 2010.
  • Satellite Award (Satellite Awards), Best Director (nomination), 2010.
  • Satellite Award (Satellite Awards), Best Motion Picture: Drama (nomination), 2010.
  • Stockholm Film Festival Awards (Stockholm Film Festival), Best Screenplay, 2010.

Notes:

Jacki Weaver won or was nominated for several Australian and international awards (including the Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role) for her portrayal of Janine Cody, the matriarch of Animal Kingdom's Cody family.

Subjects:
Settings:
  • Melbourne, Victoria,
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