Backroads

Name: Backroads
Director: Phillip Noyce
Released: 1977-01-01

1977 film by Phillip Noyce

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Released: 1977
Director: Phillip Noyce
Cast: Bill Hunter
, Gary Foley
Runtime: 60 min
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Genre: drama film
Country of origin: Australia
Original language: English

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Backroads is a 1977 Australian film directed by Phillip Noyce. Two strangers – one white (Jack), one Aboriginal (Gary) – steal a car in western New South Wales and drive around the coast. The original characters came from a story by Adelaide writer John Emery, with whom Noyce had worked on a short film. Australian reviews of the film were mixed, and it opened commercially in only one cinema.

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Director of photography: Russell Boyd
Title: Backroads
Narrative location: New South Wales

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