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 Australian movie directed by John Hillcoat. The script was written by Hillcoat, producer Evan English, Gene Conkie, and musicians Nick Cave and Hugo Race. It is in part based on the true story of Jack Henry Abbott.

1 Plot summary
2 Trivia
3 External links
4 References

[edit] Plot summary

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.

[edit] Trivia

John Hillcoat and Nick Cave would later collaborate on the 2005 film The Proposition.
The film's score was written by Nick Cave, Blixa Bargeld and Mick Harvey, all members of Cave's band, The Bad Seeds. Former band member Hugo Race also wrote part of the script, and Cave has an acting role in the film.

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