West (2007)

Director:

Daniel Krige

Writer:

Daniel Krige (written by)

Release Date:

5 July 2007 (Australia)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Some places can break your heart.

Plot:

Pete & Jerry are cousins living in Sydney's Western Suburbs, where life consists of drinking, getting stoned, getting in fights and hanging out. But things change forever when Pete and Jerry both fall in love with the same girl. |

Plot Keywords:

Drinking | Bare Breasts | Train | Bar | Robbery

Cast

Khan Chittenden	...	Pete
Nathan Phillips	...	Jerry
Gillian Alexy	...	Cheryl
Michael Dorman	...	Mick
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Blazey Best	...	Bunny
David Field	...	Doug
Robin Goldsworthy	...	Guy buying drugs
Barry Harrison	...	Kenwood's Mullet Mate
Anthony Hayes	...	Kenwood
Emma Jackson	...	Nurse
Adrian Jarrett	...	Angelo
Brendan Krige	...	Kenwood's Nuggety Mate
Daniel Krige	...	Todd
Cameron Lansdowne	...	Kenwood's Tattooed Mate
Tim McCunn	...	Steve
Felicity Price	...	Elizabeth
Matt Reeder	...	Chicken Shop Manager
Felicity Soper	...	Jean
Yael Stone	...	Stacey

Directed by
Daniel Krige

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Daniel Krige		written by

Produced by
Robert Connolly	....	consulting producer
Andrew Mason	....	executive producer
Matt Reeder	....	producer
Anne Robinson	....	producer

Original Music by
Andrew Lancaster
David McCormack
Johnette Napolitano

Cinematography by
Damian Wyvill

Film Editing by
Roland Gallois

Casting by
Kirsty McGregor

Production Design by
Marc Barold

Art Direction by
Alex Holmes

Costume Design by
Justine Seymour

Makeup Department
Briony Denver	....	makeup attachment
Sabrina Domenis	....	assistant makeup artist
Lara Jade	....	makeup department head
Sylvia Rose	....	makeup attachment

Production Management
Sandy Stevens	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Danielle Blake	....	third assistant director
Andrew Pante	....	second assistant director
Gordon Westman	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Greg Refeld	....	stand-by propsman

Sound Department
Rainier Davenport	....	sound recordist
Glenn Finnan	....	boom operator
Damon Mouris	....	sound effects editor
Andy Wright	....	dialogue editor
Andy Wright	....	sound re-recording mixer

Stunts
Damian Bradford	....	stunt driver
Mick Corrigan	....	stunt double
Mark Glindeman	....	stunt double: Nathan Phillips
Greg Robinson	....	stunt driver
Leon Stripp	....	stunt assistant
John Walton	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Simon Ansell	....	grip
Yiannis Aspradakis	....	still photographer
Colin Chase	....	best boy electric
Matt Coulam	....	grip
Mark Glindeman	....	gaffer
Daniel Guerra	....	still photographer
Paul Hamlyn	....	grip
Gabe Hammond	....	clapper loader
Shaun Hartas	....	grip
Jason Klaffer	....	best boy grip
Tonsil McFarland	....	camera operator
Jeremy Peek	....	grip
Michael Rich	....	key grip
Lisa Tomasetti	....	still photographer
Jay Torta	....	assistant camera
Andrew Ward	....	additional electrician
Damian Wyvill	....	camera operator: a camera

Casting Department
Sueanne Flyght	....	extras casting
Mollie Hancock	....	casting assistant
Emily Tilelli	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Barry Harrison	....	costume attachment
Lisa Harrison	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Trish Cahill	....	digital intermediate colorist
Heather Galvin	....	on-line editor
Geoffrey Stott	....	digital intermediate support
Justin Ngy Tran	....	assistant on-line editor

Other crew
Amy Barclay	....	script supervisor
Linda Davies	....	unit nurse
Vanessa Edwards	....	production accountant
Tobin Hughes	....	location manager
Fiona Hutchison	....	production coordinator
Craig Lane	....	assistant: Mr. Hayes
Sue Smith	....	script editor
Edweana Wenkart	....	unit publicist

Thanks
John Lee	....	special thanks
Jackie McKimmie	....	special thanks
Geoffrey Rush	....	special thanks
Carole Sklan	....	special thanks
Quentin Tarantino	....	special thanks (as Quentin Tarrantino)

Production Companies

• West Films

Distributors

• Dendy Films (2007) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Lightning Entertainment (2007) (worldwide) (except Australia and New Zealand) (all media)
• Palace (2007) (Australia) (all media)

Runtime:

Australia:90 min

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Marrickville, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Company:

West Films

Mooks presents: West.

I caught this at the Sydney Film Festival and went in looking forward to seeing it as I'd only just read about it in the festival guide.

I found it to be quite tedious. Mainly because I didn't care about any of the characters (with the exception of Nathan Phillips who gave believable empathy with his performance). The lead actor (Khan Chittenden) had a difficult character but showed no emotion throughout the entire film, which in turn made it hard to feel anything for him. I don't know if the responsibility for that falls to him or the director, but if you're hanging a film of a central character like his it would help if we could read what's going on behind his eyes. From what I could understand his character was meant to be troubled, he gave no signs of this (other than the scripted obvious ones). He was a block of wood. With eyes. That didn't do anything.

The films setting is the western suburbs, however none of the actors (apart from Anthony Hayes) looked like they belonged there, which made it hard to accept their performances. It didn't help that they were photographed as if they were modeling a Mooks catalogue.

I left this film wanting to know why they made it. This kind of subject matter has been done before and done much better than this. I was hoping that it would add something new, either by experience or the point of the story. But it didn't.

** out of Ten.