Resistance (1994) - Turner Classic Movies

Brief Synopsis

Set over five days, an anti-terrorist squad arrives to enforce martial law in a rural backwater where the locals have been warring with each other while trying to scrounge a living in the shadow of repression and industrial fiefdom.

Cast & Crew

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Paul Elliott

Lorna Lesley

Jean Skilling--Red'S Truckstop

Jennifer Claire

Ruby--Red'S Truckstop

Bobby Noble

Jackal--Red'S Truckstop

Allan Penney

Cy--Red'S Truckstop

Mirabal Peart

Loretta--Red'S Truckstop

Film Details

MPAA Rating

Genre

Action

Political

Thriller

Release Date

1994

Production Company

Australian Film Commission (AFC); Screen Australia

Distribution Company

ANGELIKA

Location

Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 45m

Synopsis

Set over five days, an anti-terrorist squad arrives to enforce martial law in a rural backwater where the locals have been warring with each other while trying to scrounge a living in the shadow of repression and industrial fiefdom.

Directors

Paul Elliott

Hugh Keays-byrne

Cast

Lorna Lesley

Jean Skilling--Red'S Truckstop

Jennifer Claire

Ruby--Red'S Truckstop

Bobby Noble

Jackal--Red'S Truckstop

Allan Penney

Cy--Red'S Truckstop

Mirabal Peart

Loretta--Red'S Truckstop

Helen Jones

Natalie--Nandewar Village

Arianthe Galani

Mother--Nandewar Village

Maya Sheridan

Sister--Nandewar Village

Stephen Leeder

Colonel Webber--Special Forces

Harold Hopkins

Peach--Special Forces

Ralph Cotterill

Sergeant Major Hopwood--Special Forces

Vincent Gil

Bull--Special Forces

Donal Gibson

Eric--The Conscripts

Phillip Gordon

Trevor--The Conscripts

Kris Mcquade

Ruth--Ruth'S Place

Hugh Keays-byrne

Peter--Ruth'S Place

Emu D'espiney

Shithead--Ruth'S Place

Robyn Nevin

Wiley--Itinerant

Kate Buchanan

Sykes--Itinerant

Sharon Jessop

Fitzroy--Itinerant

Bogdan Koca

Strickland--Ithaca Flour Mill

Tim Burns

Kyogle--Ithaca Flour Mill

John Godden

Tad--Ithaca Flour Mill

Jack Thompson

Mr Wilson--Ithaca Flour Mill

Gosia Dobrowolska

Mrs Wilson--Ithaca Flour Mill

Sam Toomey

Autrey Skilling--Hungerford Prison Farm

Danny Adcock

James Dean--Hungerford Prison Farm

Bob Noble

Timothy Burns

Crew

Sally Bongers

Director Of Photography

Peter Clancy

Sound Recording

Jenny Day

Paul Elliott

Christina Ferguson

Christina Ferguson

Hugh Keays-byrne

Macgregor Knox

Production Designer

Stephen Leeder

Peter J Mitchell

Sally Molineaux

Wardrobe Supervisor

Grant Page

Pauline Rosenberg

Pauline Rosenberg

Davood A Tabrizi

Robyn Wells

Creative Consultant

Robyn Wells

Stewart Young

Film Details

MPAA Rating

Genre

Action

Political

Thriller

Release Date

1994

Production Company

Australian Film Commission (AFC); Screen Australia

Distribution Company

ANGELIKA

Location

Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 45m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 1995

Released in United States April 4, 1997

Released in United States Fall November 23, 1994

Shown at American Film Market (AFM) in Los Angeles February 23 - March 3, 1995.

Formerly distributed by Angelika Films.

Formerly distributed by Artistic License Films.

Began shooting October 1990.

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Released in United States 1995 (Shown at American Film Market (AFM) in Los Angeles February 23 - March 3, 1995.)

Released in United States April 4, 1997 (Laemmle's Grande 4 Plex; Los Angeles)

Released in United States Fall November 23, 1994

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