''Dirty Deeds'' is a 2002 film shot in Australia. It was directed by noted fringe director

David Caesar David Caesar (born 1963) is an Australian television and film director and writer. He grew up in Turlinjah on the south coast of NSW and attended school in nearby Moruya where he was school captain in his senior year. Caesar graduated from the A ...

and stars

Bryan Brown Bryan Neathway Brown AM (born 23 June 1947) is an Australian actor. He has performed in over eighty film and television projects since the late 1970s, both in his native Australia and abroad. Notable films include '' Breaker Morant'' (1980), ...

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Sam Worthington Samuel Henry John Worthington (born 2 August 1976) is an Australian actor. He is best known for playing Jake Sully in ''Avatar'' and its sequel, ''Avatar: The Way of Water''; Marcus Wright in ''Terminator Salvation'', and Perseus in '' Clash o ...

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and Andrew Sommerich and produced by Nine Films and Television, the film and television production arm of the Nine Network, owned by PBL Media, now Nine Entertainment Co.

Plot

Barry Ryan is a late 1960s Australian mobster who controls the Sydney gambling scene and is making huge profits from casino slot machines. His profitable venture attracts the unwanted attention of the American Mafia, who attempt to secure a piece of the action by sending in two of their henchmen: the pensive, world-weary veteran Tony and his violent, not-too-bright sidekick Sal. Ryan soon finds himself fending off the trigger-happy "yanks", outback-style, while also contending with his feisty wife, needy mistress, and a crooked cop.

Music and soundtrack

The soundtrack for the film was produced by Tim Rogers who also wrote much of the original music. At the

ARIA Music Awards of 2002 The 16th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) were held on 15 October 2002 at the Sydney SuperDome. Awards ARIA Awards ''Winners highlighted in bold with nomi ...

the soundtrack was nominated for Best Original Soundtrack Album.ARIA Award previous winners.

Track listing

# "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" by

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with

Tex Perkins Gregory Stephen Perkins (born 28 December 1964), better known by his stage name Tex Perkins, is an Australian singer-songwriter who fronted the Australian rock band The Cruel Sea, but has also performed with the Beasts of Bourbon, Thug, James B ...

– 3:55 # "Titles Sequence" by Paul Healy – 0:47 # "And I Heard the Fire Sing" by

Grinspoon Grinspoon are an Australian rock band from Lismore, New South Wales, formed in 1995 and fronted by Phil Jamieson on vocals and guitar with Pat Davern on guitar, Joe Hansen on bass guitar and Kristian Hopes on drums. Also in 1995, Grinspoon wo ...

– 2:59 # "Trouble" by You Am I with

Bernard Fanning Bernard Fanning (born 15 August 1969) is an Australian musician and singer-songwriter. He was the lead vocalist of Queensland alternative rock band Powderfinger from its formation in 1989. Born and raised in Toowong, Brisbane, Fanning receive ...

– 5:37 # "New Flat" by Paul Healy – 1:28 # "I'll Be Gone" by Palladium - 3:54 # "Sometimes I Just Don't Know" by You Am I with Billy Thorpe – 5:15 # "Wild About You" by

Dallas Crane Dallas Crane are a triple ARIA Award nominated Australian alternative rock band from Melbourne. Their self-titled third album was released on 10 July 2004, and peaked in the ARIA Albums Chart top 50. Its lead single, "Dirty Hearts" (June ...

– 2:44 # "No Good Without You" by Bernard Fanning And Bruce Haymes – 4:30 # "Making Pizza" by Paul Kelly – 1:25 # "Draggin' Yer Bones" by You Am I – 3:29 # "Everlovin' Man" by The Loved Ones – 2:08 # "Made My Bed, Gonna Lie in It" by You Am I With Phil Jamieson – 3:00 # "Washboard Rock'n'Roll" by Lisa Miller, Jody Bell And Tim Rogers – 1:47 # "Black and Blue" by Powder Monkeys -4:25 # "Calendar Eyes" by You Am I – 4:01 # "Bom Bom" by Daddy Cool – 2:33 # "Losin' My Blues Tonight" by Tim Rogers and Lisa Miller – 2:43 # "Plane Leaves" by Paul Healy – 1:26

Box office

''Dirty Deeds'' grossed $5,083,187 at the box office in Australia.

Home media

In America, the film was distributed by DEJ Productions and released on DVD by

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on 4 November 2003.

References

External links

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at Oz Movies 2002 films Australian crime comedy-drama films Films set in Sydney Films set in 1969 Films about organised crime in Australia Films directed by David Caesar 2000s crime comedy-drama films 2002 comedy films 2002 drama films 2000s English-language films 2000s Australian films {{comedy-crime-film-stub