Idiot Box Movie Review 1997

Crazy youth comedy about lazy, brainless Kev (Mendelsohn) and Mick (Sims) who spend most of their unemployed time watching violent cop shows on TV and drinking beer. It's from the "idiot box" that the dim duo get the idea that they've learned enough to rob a bank, but it just so happens that a pair of crooks, who wear clown masks, are already on a bank crime spree. Naturally, both sets of robbers choose the same bank as their target and the cops just happen to be waiting.

Distribution

Wellspring Media, A Division of Genius Products, Inc., 2230 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90904, Phone: (310)453-1222, Fax: (310)453-0074, URL: http://www.wellspring.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 83 minutes.
Originally from Australian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Disorganized Crime, Crime Sprees, Stupid Is..., Undercover Cops

Screenplay

David Caesar

Cast

Ben Mendelsohn, Jeremy Sims, John Polson, Robyn Loau, Graeme Blundell, Deborah Kennedy, Stephen Rae, Andrew S. Gilbert, Amanda Muggleton, Paul Gleeson, Susie Porter

Cinematography

Joseph Pickering

Director

David Caesar

Music

Tim Rogers, Nick Launay

Producer

Glenys Rowe, Australian Film Finance Corp., Central Park Films