Cactus (2008 film)
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Director Jasmine Yuen Carrucan Budget 90,000 AUD Duration Country Australia | 5.8/10 IMDb Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery Music director Nerida Tyson-Chew Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Jasmine Yuen Carrucan Release date 1 May 2008 (2008-05-01) Cast (Rosco), (Thommo), Travis McMahon (John), (Eli), (Mal), (Vesna)Similar movies David Lyons and Travis McMahon appear in Cactus and Swerve | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cactus is a 2008 Australian mystery-thriller film, it is the directing debut for Jasmine Yuen-Carrucan.
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Synopsis
Cactus is a road movie centred on a kidnapping.
Plot
The movie begins with John Kelly pulling Eli Jones (David Lyons) from his city residence, drugging him and driving across regional Australia for three days. On the journey, John and Eli begin to interact and talk, as well as having a run-in with a rogue cop and encountering "Thommo", a trucker.
Cast
Production
The directing debut of Jasmine Yuen Carrucan was shot in New South Wales in the cities of Bathurst, Broken Hill, Cobar, Sydney and Wilcannia. Bryan Brown worked on it as executive producer.
Style
The film uses many of the classic road movie motifs such as break downs, fuel stops and long stretches of empty road, with a cinematography that is conventionally modern.
Release
The film premiered on 1 May 2008 in Australia. It was part of the Brooklyn International Film Festival in June 2008 and the Munich Film Festival on 28 June 2008.
References
Cactus (2008 film) WikipediaCactus (2008 film) IMDb Cactus (2008 film) themoviedb.org