Ghosts... of the Civil Dead

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Ghosts... of the Civil Dead

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Directed by John Hillcoat
Produced by Evan English
Written by Nick Cave, John Hillcoat, Hugo Race, Gene Conkie and Evan English
Starring David Field
Chris DeRose
Nick Cave
Music by Nick Cave
Blixa Bargeld
Mick Harvey
Editing by Stewart Young
Release date(s) December 1988 (Europe)
Running time 93 min.
Language English
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Ghosts... of the Civil Dead is a 1988 Austrlian movie directed by John Hillcoat. The script was written by Hillcoat, producer Evan English, Gene Conkie, and musicians Nick Cave and Hugo Race.

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Ghosts... is set in Central Industrial Prison, a maximum security prison in the middle of the desert. An outbreak of violence within the prison has resulted in a total lockdown. A committee is appointed by the prison's governors to investigate the cause of the outbreak, but their findings are in stark contrast to the facts behind the riot. As the viewers see, both the prisoners and the guards are slowly and deliberately brutalised, manipulated and provoked into the forthcoming eruption of violence, to justify the construction of a new and more "secure" facility.

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