Watch the Shadows Dance (1987)

Diretor:

Mark Joffe

Roteirista:

Michael McGennan (writer)

Genre:

Action

Chamada:

Obsession is the deadliest weapon.

Plot Keywords:

Vietnam War Veteran | Fight Scene | Murderer | Trampoline | Karate

Comentários dos usuários:

a much-underrated effort

Cast

Tom Jennings	...	Robby Mason
Nicole Kidman	...	Amy Gabriel
Joanne Samuel	...	Sonia Spane
Vince Martin	...	Steve Beck
Craig Pearce	...	Guy Duncan
Doug Parkinson	...	Pete 'Pearly' Gates
Jeremy Shadlow	...	Simon
Alexander Broun	...	Henry
Laurence Clifford	...	Brian Simmons
Paul Gleeson	...	Peter Hastings
Mark Hennessy	...	Aloysius Askew
James Lugton	...	Tote 'Ali' Bent
Chris Truswell	...	'Fingers' Hough
Terry Brady	...	Lt. Trout
Richard Jones	...	Gary Garter
Linda Megier	...	Kelly
Allen Leong	...	Luis
Sean Garlick	...	Stave Opponent
Brett A'Hearn	...	Karate Contestant
Nicholas Jeanes	...	Well-Dressed Man
Teresa Jennings	...	Mrs. Mason
David Bootle	...	Gymnast
Kathy Bootle	...	Gymnast
Allan Cheetham	...	Gymnast
Danny Baldwin	...	Runner
Dar Davies	...	Runner
Bob Duncan	...	Runner / Karate Contestant
Greg Stuart	...	Runner
Don Vaughn	...	Runner / Karate Contestant (as Don Vaughan)
Rocky McDonald	...	Karate Contestant
Guy Norris	...	Karate Contestant
Gary Patterson	...	Karate Contestant
Noel Rush	...	Karate Contestant
Paul Kelly	...	Singer
Michael Barclay	...	Band Member
Peter Bull	...	Band Member
Steve Connolly	...	Band Member
John Schofield	...	Band Member

Dirigido por
Mark Joffe

Roteiro (in alphabetical order)
Michael McGennan		writer

Produzido por
Grahame Jennings	....	executive producer
Peter Ramster	....	executive producer
Robert Sanders	....	executive producer
Jan Tyrrell	....	producer
James Michael Vernon	....	producer

Música Original de
Dave Skinner

Direção de Fotografia de
Martin McGrath

Montado por
Lindsay Frazer

Casting
Susie Maizels		(as Suzie Maizels)

Direção de Arte
Michael Ralph

Direção de Arte
Ian Gracie

Figurinos de
Helen Hooper

Maquiagem
Brita Kingsbury	....	hair stylist
Brita Kingsbury	....	makeup artist

Produtor-executivo
Paula Bennett	....	production manager
Penny Wall	....	production supervisor

Dublês
Phil Brock	....	stunt double
Ben Budd	....	stunt double
Ros Chigjey	....	stunt double (as Ros Chidgey)
Paul Clucas	....	stunt double
Jason Heaney	....	stunt double
Tony Hughes	....	stunt double
Tony Hughes	....	stunt rigger
Warren Hughes	....	stunt double
Rocky McDonald	....	stunt double
Donna McKenzie	....	stunt double
Linda Megier	....	stunt double
Guy Norris	....	stunt coordinator
Guy Norris	....	stunt double
Michael Peters	....	stunt double
Glenn Ruehland	....	stunt double (as Glen Ruehland)
Noel Rush	....	stunt double
Greg Stuart	....	stunt double
Don Vaughn	....	stunt double (as Don Vaughan)

Production Companies

• Cine-Funds Limited
• Somerset Film Productions

Distributors

• Academy Entertainment (????-????)
• Crystal Home Video (????-????)
• Cube International (1990) (worldwide) (all media)
• M.I.B. (????-????) (Germany) (DVD)
• Nine Network Australia (????-????)

Other Companies

• The Stunt Agency  stunts

Conhecida como:

Nightmaster (USA)

Duração:

USA:87 min

País:

Australia | Canada

Língua:

English

Color:

Color

Censura:

Iceland:12 | Australia:M | UK:15 (cut) | USA:R | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Company:

Cine-Funds Limited

Goofs:

Factual errors: The end credits copyright the film under the title "Tomorrow's News" (aka Outback Vampires (1987)), which was a different Australian film made the same year.

a much-underrated effort

technically - (sound / camera / scenery / lights) this is not the greatest effort ever but the film has so much going for it! In the not too distant future youngsters play ninja/paintball games in an abandoned power station by night, and during the day they attend their studies which include martial arts lessons with a former member of the military You can watch the film just on those terms and go no deeper;

* or you can look at the theme of the "passing of the flame" from the martial arts teacher to his students; karate starts and ends with courtesy, it is not for killing someone in a fit of temper);

* or you can watch the film for some wonderful martial arts fight sequences. (arguably the VERY BEST KENDO sequence I have EVER seen in any film)

* or watch the film as a historical effort from early in Nicole Kidman's career.

The casting of Vince Martin is nothing short of a stroke of cinematographic genius This movie gets a definite thumbs up!!