Summary: Discusses the Australian film‚ The Castle. Explores how Australia is depicted in the film. Provides a plot summary. The Castle conveys a variety of messages about Australia. This is primarily done through the experiences of the members of the Kerrigan family‚ a typical Australian family .For the Kerrigan’s‚ every day is a good day because it is nurtured by the seeds of love‚ gratitude‚ and reverence. Although others in the drama look down their noses at this family‚ they possess the
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The Castle (1997) is an Australian comedy film directed by Rob Stitch‚ renown for perfectly incapsulating the spirit of Middle class Australia. Starring Michael Caton‚ Stephen Curry‚ and Eric Bana‚ The Castle utilises an all Australian cast to illustrate the lives of Australians in the 90’s. The purpose of this essay is to deduce the parallels between the castle and life in 1990’s Australia. The Castle not only represents life in 90’s Australia‚ it is a landmark film in 90’s Australian culture.
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“The Castle” directed by Rob Sitch‚ is an Australian movie which expresses a variety of messages about the values connected with Australian culture. The Castle demonstrates themes of mateship‚ family values and team work. These values will be discussed about how these values are pre in the film and discussing how they occur in the film. Mateship is one of the strongest themes that stands out in the movie. For example Darryl‚ who finds his house in danger because the council want to expand the airport
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The Castle is an Australian film based on the Kerrigan Family‚ who live at 3 Highview Crescent‚ Coolaroo. Dale narrates the film‚ first stating‚ “I’m Dale Kerrigan‚ and this is my story.” Darryl is an upbeat working class Australian. He is a tow truck driver and is the proud husband and father of four children. The eldest son‚ Wayne is in prison for 8 years for armed robbery. He is a good guy‚ but got in with a bad crowd. Middle son Steve is constantly reading The Trading Post hunting for good
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The Castle Directed by Rob Sitch Miramax 05/99 DVD/VHS Feature Film In our frenzy of getting‚ spending‚ and moving quickly through life‚ we often miss the greatest wealth of all — living contentedly in the present moment. There is probably no better movie about this spiritual practice than The Castle‚ an Australian comedy directed by Rob Sitch and written by Santo Cilauro‚ Tom Gleisner‚ Jane Kennedy‚ and Rob Sitch. Darryl Kerrigan (Michael Caton) is a working-class tow-truck driver who takes
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The film "The Castle" presents us with a representation of an Australian family. Most people would agree however that they are not a typical family. A few of the reasons is‚ for this is that there is no such thing as a typical family‚ roles have changed and people are not so community minded as shown in the film. There is no such thing as an Australian typical family. A few of the reasons why is every ones different and if everyone tried to be the same we wouldn’t have the diverse country
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Australian representations through film The very first Australian cinematic piece was produced in 1906 and told the story of the Australian Kelly Gang otherwise known as the story of Ned Kelly a well-known Australian icon. Despite the era of production‚ what we now view as stereotypical characteristics of Australians were unknowingly established through these characters. In these early days of Australia‚ these stereotypes were quite often a reality; with big tough bush men not simply being portrayed
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Film and television has taken over the world we live in‚ becoming one of the most popular ways for different personalities to express their stories in local and worldwide settings. Film allows auteurs to capture the essence of time‚ emotional circumstances and cultural differences in order to create stories that linger in the minds of their audiences. In particular‚ this is demonstrated in Australian film. Historically‚ Australian film tends to explore the cultural difficulties associated between
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In the film‚ The Last Castle‚ I found many aspects and theories that involve organizational communication throughout the movie. The film is about a US prison where the prisoners have formally served in the military and have committed crimes while serving their time. The movie shows how the prisoners come together when a former well-respected general is sent there to overpower the man that runs the facility. The first theory and probably the most noted theory is the Adaptive Structuration Theory
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this report we will examine a couple of Australian movies which offer representations of Australian masculinities and discuss how men are represented and the relationship between this and questions of Australian identity. These movies are namely Crocodile Dundee (character Mick Dundee) and The Adventures of Barry McKenzie. One point becomes evident that that the characters type symbolized in Australian movies is predominantly male centered. Australian films are inclined to show a gender intolerance
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