The Castle (1997)
The Castle (1997)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
BDRip 1080p | MKV | 1920x1080 | x264 @ 5760 Kbps | 85 min | 3,70 Gb
Audio: English AC3 5.1 @ 448 Kbps | Subtitles: English (embedded in MKV)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director: Rob Sitch
Writers: Santo Cilauro (written and conceived by), Tom Gleisner (written and conceived by) | 2 more credits »
Stars: Michael Caton, Anne Tenney, Stephen Curry
A Melbourne family is very happy living where they do, near the Melbourne airport (according to Jane Kennedy, it's "practically their back yard"). However, they are forced to leave their beloved home, by the Government and airport authorities. 'The Castle' is the story of how they fight to remain in their house, taking their case as far as the High Court.
This movie was quite a surprise, and a pleasant one at that. To be honest, I would probably never have rented nor watched this movie if broadcast, based on the amateurish look of the video cover and the ads. My reaction to it, before seeing it was that it was another movie slapped together to piggyback onto the success of another movie with the same actor/director/theme etc.etc. while the fire was hot. But, a friend borrowed it from the library, and the video was sitting there, so I decided to watch it. Was I happily surprised! The one liners make this movie, if you pay attention and catch them all, this movie has many a belly laugh. It was true to life too, I KNOW these people, whether they come from Australia or Arkansas, they're out there, and this is their reality.
Remove the accents, put a few non working appliances in the front yard, a car up on cinder blocks, and you have the American version. A very nice surprise for me, if you like humor that doesn't insult your intellect, you'll like this movie. Many a memorable line in it too.
I would disagree with others who have commented on the profanity in this movie. In this case there is very little profanity for profanity's sake, it's usually very well timed and ads to the storyline, like when he passes the barrister the note in court.
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The Castle (1997)
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