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    Corporal Ramon Aguilar (Clifton Collins‚ Jr.)‚ who had made the mistake of saluting Irwin in the prison yard. Continuing to observe acts of cruelty‚ Irwin attempts to unify the prisoners by building a "castle wall" of stone and mortar at the facility‚ which in many ways resembles a medieval castle. Envying the respect Irwin is clearly receiving‚ Winter orders his guards to destroy the wall. Aguilar‚ directly involved in its construction‚ takes a stand before the bulldozer. Winter orders a sharpshooter

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    enthusiasm in every way. Though he has no wish to sell‚ points out faults of the house with pride‚ believing they would add value. Iconic Australian film‚ Title – Castle; home figuratively castle‚ humble household cause humour‚ Genre – humorous‚ comedy‚ satire (mock/ ridicule something)‚ Kerrigans – main family‚ Working class family‚ Low budget film‚ Melbourne setting next to airport – house built on toxic landfill‚ beneath power lines‚ Events told by son Dale Kerrigan p.o.v‚ Australian culture/

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    Mabo and others v State of Queensland (No.2 (1992) HCA 23‚ is arguably one of the most famous native title claims in Australian history. This case was the first in Australian history to successfully overturn Terra Nullius and essentially led to the creation of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) (‘The Act’). Terra nullius means land belonging to no one or land that has never been subject to sovereignty of any state and is a part of International Law. The majority of Indigenous People view terra nullius

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    Assignment 1: Case Note Mabo v Queensland (No 2) (1992) 175 CLR 1 1. Case details Parties: Mabo and Others; State of Queensland Court: High Court of Australia Judges: Mason CJ‚ Brennan‚ Deane‚ Dawson‚ Toohey‚ Gaudron and McHugh JJ Dates: 28-31 May 1991 and 3 June 1992 Catchwords: Aborigines‚ native title‚ Constitutional law‚ reception of common law in Australian and other‚ settled colonies‚ terra nullius‚ Real Property Procedural history: the High Court of Australia exercised

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    Family is most importance voice in Australia voices‚ which is highlighted in the film‚ the castle The Castle by Rob Sitch. This film is about the Kerrigan’s family‚ they live next to the airport. The father is a track driver‚ and he is a centre of the family‚ and the mother is also very important‚ and she loves cook and craft. Sitch use a lot of techniques to convey the family voice in this movie. In Dale’s monologue to the audience‚ " If dad is the backbone of the family‚ mum is the other bone

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    these stereotypes when trying to find some expression of our Australian identity. The feature film‚ The Castle‚ deals with issues about Australian identity in the 1990’s. The film uses techniques like camera shots‚ language and the use of narration to develop conflict between a decent‚ old fashioned suburban family‚ the Kerrigans and an unscrupulous corporation called Airlink. Feature films like The Castle are cultural products because they use attitudes‚ values and stereotypes about what it means

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    stereotypes when trying to find some expression of our Australian identity. The feature film The Castle deals with issues about Australian identity in the 1990’s. The film uses techniques like camera shots‚ language and the use of narration to develop conflict between a decent‚ old fashioned suburban family‚ the Kerrigan’s and an unscrupulous corporation called Airline. There are far to many stereotypes in The Castle to mention although her are a few examples‚ the accents‚ the barbecues‚ the holiday

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    The Castle Movie Report Michael Caton as Darryl Kerrigan‚ the patriarch of the family Anne Tenney as Sal Kerrigan‚ his loving wife Stephen Curry as Dale Kerrigan‚ the youngest son‚ digger of holes‚ and narrator of the film Sophie Lee as Tracey Petropoulous (née Kerrigan)‚ the family’s only daughter‚ a newlywed hair dresser Eric Bana as Con Petropoulous‚ Tracey’s new husband‚ an accountant and amateur kickboxer Anthony Simcoe as Steve Kerrigan‚ the middle son‚ an

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    attitudes and beliefs. There have been numbers of areas of challenges and two of them are food and multi-culturalism. These challenges are explicitly presented in the film directed by Rob Stitch‚ The Castle‚ and a number of related materials. One aspect of the global village which is effectively represented by Sitch in The Castle is the attitude towards the food from diverse cultures which exists in Australia. Kerrigan family is very contented with their rather bland and preservative diet which

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    brings to the fore. ‘The Castle’ a film‚ directed by Rob Sitch‚ is such a text‚ where the composer creates a ‘distinctly’ Australian voice’ through the examination of such thematic concern as family‚ mateship and the little Aussie battlers. By portraying these ideas‚ the film adopts a unique Australian tone since the Australian culture embodies such sentiments; these sentiments are represented through the composer use of specific features. In viewing the film ‘The Castle’‚ the most central message

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