Idiot Box (film)

Infobox Film
name = Idiot Box


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director = David Caesar
producer = Nicki Roller, Glenys Rowe
writer = David Caesar
starring = Ben Mendelsohn, Jeremy Sims, John Polson, Graeme Blundell
music = Tim Rogers
cinematography = Joseph Pickering
editing = Mark Perry
distributor =
released = 1996
runtime = 85 min.
country = Australia
language = English
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imdb_id = 0116604

"Idiot Box" is an Australian movie starring Ben Mendelsohn and Jeremy Sims. The story follows two fictional characters "Mick & Kev" that have nothing going for them. They are stereotypical bogan with a taste for cheap thrills. Kev's hobby is being angry, his motto is "Maximum fear, minimum time". He hasn't got a job but he has got an attitude. His best mate is Mick and together they kill time drinking beer, watching the Idiot Box and looking for action on the street.

One day Kev tells Mick they've drawn their last dole cheque. Instead they're going to get rich quick doing the only thing they're qualified for - crime. Conning a friend into driving the getaway car, the gang of three plan a robbery. But it's a heist that's doomed from the start.

External links

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* [http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=287679;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 Idiot Box at the National Film and Sound Archive]