Dark Age (film)

Dark Age
Directed by Arch Nicholson
Produced by Antony I. Ginnane
Written by Sonia Borg
Tony Morphett
Stephen Cross
Based on novel Numunwari by Grahame Webb
Starring John Jarratt
Nikki Coghill
Max Phipps
Burnam Burnam
David Gulpilil
Cinematography Andrew Lesnie
Edited by Adrian Carr
Production
company
RKO
F.G. Film Productions
Release dates
1987
Running time
91 mins
Country Australia
Language English
Budget A$4,808,232[1]

Dark Age is a 1987 Australian film about a killer crocodile.[2]

Plot

A giant crocodile terrorises the Northern Territory.

Production

The film was part of a two-picture deal between executive producer Antony I. Ginnane and Hollywood studio RKO which also included The Lighthorsemen. Shooting took place five weeks in Cairns and one week in Alice Springs, starting 22 April 1986.[3]

Release

The movie was never seen in Australia theatrically and took a long time to be seen on DVD.[3] However Quentin Tarantino is an enthusiast about the movie and hosted a screening for it in Sydney in 2009.[4]

See also

References

  1. "Australian Productions Top $175 million", Cinema Papers, March 1986 p64
  2. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p34
  3. 3.0 3.1 David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p302-303
  4. "Dark Age Q & A" Popcorn Taxi 2009 accessed 1 November 2012

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