5.7
Kiss of Death
1995
“Hated... Desperate... Brutalised... ...They can't stop now!”
Stir (1980)
May 11, 19801h 37mEN
6.4
18 votes
Overview
Filmed in the Clare Valley, Gladstone and the Flinders Ranges in South Australia, this prison movie was inspired by the true life prison riot at Bathurst Jail in 1974 and its subsequent Royal Commission into New South Wales Prisons.
Director
Stephen WallaceWriter
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$420K
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Production Companies
Smiley ProductionsNew South Wales Film Corp.
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John Chard
8.0Nails! Directed by Stephen Wallace and written by Bob Jewson, Stir stars Bryan Brown, Max Phipps, Dennis Miller, Gary Waddell and Phil Motherwell. Music is by Cameron Allan and cinematography by Geoff Burton. Stir is a tough Australian prison drama based on the real life prison riot that occurred at Bathurst Gaol 1974. Writer Bob Jewson was an inmate at the time and draws on his observations for the screenplay. The standard rules of prison dramas are adhered to here, sadistic guards, homosexuality (though tenderly handled and not involving rape), poor conditions etc. Where Stir lifts…
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