City Loop (film)

City Loop
Directed by	Belinda Chayko
Produced by	Bruce Redman
Written by	Stephen Davis
Starring	Jessica Napier Sullivan Stapleton Ryan Johnson Brendan Cowell Hayley McElhinney
Release dates	2000
Country	Australia
Language	English

City Loop is a 2000 Australian film shot in Brisbane.

It was originally known as Bored Olives.

Plot

The lives and loves of several characters over a few hours on the same night, centering around a pizza delivery place called Speedys. The stories are:

chef Dom has a breakdown
driver Misca bets he can have sex with his last pizza delivery customer, Sophie
driver Erin is in love with best friend Robert
boss Katie is having an affair with a co-worker
occasional employee Megan has a wild night.

Cast

Sullivan Stapleton as Dom
Ryan Johnson as Mischa
Jessica Napier as Sophie
Brendan Cowell as Robert
Kellie Jones as Ein
Hayley McElhinney as Katie
Megan Dorman as Stacey
John Batchelor
Jason Gann

Production

The film was one of five movies produced by the AFC in association with SBS Independent as part of its "Million Dollar Movie Accord" initiative. The others were Fresh Air, A Wreck A Tangle, Mallboy and La Spagnola.^[1]

Release

The film premiered at the Asian Film Festival in Tokyo and was selected for screening at the Toronto International Film Festival.

David Stratton in Variety called the film "a visually strong and well-handled pic about a bunch of unattractive and mostly uninteresting young people. Low-budgeter shows strong directorial talent largely wasted on thin material that's unnecessarily full of tricks."^[2]

References