South Australian Film Corporation 40th Anniversary Showreel

When you know some of the people behind the making of this film, you will know what to expect

Still the funniest Oz movie I've seen.  But maybe that's just me...

Terrific!! 4 of us laughed and enjoyed this gem!

Make the most of what life throws at you...

Russell Crowe, Jon Foster, and Sophie Traub in Tenderness (2009)

Shiri Appleby, Jesse Bradford, and Erika Christensen in Swimfan (2002)

Danielle Cormack and Karl Urban in The Price of Milk (2000)

Robert De Niro and Dakota Fanning in Hide and Seek (2005)

Linus Roache

Danielle Cormack

Ian Bliss

Max Dann

Andrew Knight

Jan Marnell

A British man with a peculiar curse goes on a low-rent bus tour in Australia.

John Polson

Siam Sunset

Still the funniest Oz movie I&apos;ve seen.  But maybe that&apos;s just me...

It&apos;s been over a decade since I first caught this film and I&apos;ve got to say that in spite of playing with stereotypes, it still has a rare quality; something quintessentially Australian entirely devoid of our renowned cringe factor. Linus Roache, Danielle Cormack and Ian Bliss bring each of their characters to life with great craft and humour. Two Hands is the Sydney experience, Animal Kingdom is the Melbourne experience but Siam Sunset is the completely Oz experience. John Polson and the writers Max Dann and Andrew Knight did a wonderful job in highlighting many of our quirks and mores (for better or for worse) in a thoughtful and funny as hell way as we follow Perry (Roache) - the hapless disaster magnet from England through the shockingly funny death of his wife, his suburban London life crippled by the memories, and on to the tourist trip from hell as he sets off from Adelaide into the red heart of Australia. Grace (Cormack) and Martin (Bliss) are two of the most original cinema characters I&apos;ve seen in years. In fact, these two characters remind me of many people I&apos;ve known over the years, so in spite of comments of this movie playing to populism or stereotypes, I can&apos;t help but watch it and see the opposite. Alan Borough shines as Stuart - the Stratocaster-mangling singer songwriter and Bill Leach (Roy Billing) who still sticks in my mind not so much as the bus driver from hell, but rather as a ubiquitous bureaucrat of the worst order. Overall a surrealist but highly accurate and well observed ninety minute odyssey that will keep you laughing years after you&apos;ve experienced it.

It's been over a decade since I first caught this film and I've got to say that in spite of playing with stereotypes, it still has a rare quality; something quintessentially Australian entirely devoid of our renowned cringe factor. Linus Roache, Danielle Cormack and Ian Bliss bring each of their characters to life with great craft and humour. Two Hands is the Sydney experience, Animal Kingdom is the Melbourne experience but Siam Sunset is the completely Oz experience. John Polson and the writers Max Dann and Andrew Knight did a wonderful job in highlighting many of our quirks and mores (for better or for worse) in a thoughtful and funny as hell way as we follow Perry (Roache) - the hapless disaster magnet from England through the shockingly funny death of his wife, his suburban London life crippled by the memories, and on to the tourist trip from hell as he sets off from Adelaide into the red heart of Australia. Grace (Cormack) and Martin (Bliss) are two of the most original cinema characters I've seen in years. In fact, these two characters remind me of many people I've known over the years, so in spite of comments of this movie playing to populism or stereotypes, I can't help but watch it and see the opposite. Alan Borough shines as Stuart - the Stratocaster-mangling singer songwriter and Bill Leach (Roy Billing) who still sticks in my mind not so much as the bus driver from hell, but rather as a ubiquitous bureaucrat of the worst order. Overall a surrealist but highly accurate and well observed ninety minute odyssey that will keep you laughing years after you've experienced it.

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