''City Loop'' is a 2000 Australian film shot in Brisbane. Locations include Southbank, West End, and

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. It was produced by Bruce Redman for the Queensland-based production company Red Movies It was originally known as ''Bored Olives''.

Plot

The plot follows the lives of several characters over a few hours on the same night, centering on a

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place called Speedy's. The stories are: *A chef named Dom has a breakdown. *Misha, a delivery driver, bets he can have sex with his last pizza delivery customer, Sophie. *Erin, another delivery driver, is in love with her best friend, Robert. *The boss, Katie, is having an affair with a co-worker. *An occasional employee called Megan has a wild night.

Cast

Sullivan Stapleton Sullivan Stapleton (born 14 June 1977) is an Australian actor who is best known for his roles in the television series ''The Secret Life of Us'', '' Strike Back'' and '' Animal Kingdom''. He also starred in the NBC crime drama '' Blindspot''. S ...

as Dom * Ryan Johnson as Misha *

Jessica Napier Jessica Napier is a New Zealand-born actress based in Australia. She has appeared in a number of feature films, including '' Love Serenade'', ''Blackrock'', '' Cut'', '' City Loop'', ''Angst'', '' The Illustrated Family Doctor'' and '' Ghost Ri ...

as Sophie *

Brendan Cowell Brendan Cowell is an Australian actor and writer. He is known for his lead role in 2024 television series ''Plum'' that he created, based on his 2021 novel of the same name. Early life and education Brendan Cowell was born in Sydney and grew u ...

as Robert *Kellie Jones as Erin *

Hayley McElhinney Hayley McElhinney (born 12 September 1974) is an Australian stage, film and television actress. Graduating from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 1999, McElhinney has performed around Australia and in the United States with t ...

as Katie *

Megan Dorman Megan Dorman (born 1977) is an Irish-born Australian actress who is best known for her role as Katherine Ingram in the series, '' Head Start''. She had a small role in ''Queen of the Damned'', playing Maudy, one of Lestat's band members. Dorman ...

as Stacey *

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as Mr Maxwell *

Jason Gann Jason Gann is an Australian-born former actor, comedian, writer and producer. He is best known for his role as the title character in the Australian comedy series '' Wilfred'', directed by Tony Rogers, and the U.S. reboot of the same name. B ...

as Boy Hoon *

Sam Atwell Samuel Atwell (born 6 April 1979) is an Australian actor, producer, writer and director. He is best known for his role as Kane Phillips in ''Home and Away'', and is also known for roles in ''headLand'', as Craig Palmer, and '' Secret Life of ...

Production

The film was one of five movies produced by the AFC in association with SBS Independent as part of its "Million Dollar Movie Accord" initiative. The others were ''

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'', '' A Wreck A Tangle'', ''

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'' and '' La Spagnola''. The film was shot on super 16mm, and then blown up to 35mm, although it was never theatrically released.

Release

The film premiered at the Asian Film Festival in Tokyo and was selected for screening at the Toronto International Film Festival. David Stratton in ''Variety'' called the film "a visually strong and well-handled pic about a bunch of unattractive and mostly uninteresting young people. Low-budgeter shows strong directorial talent largely wasted on thin material that's unnecessarily full of tricks."David Stratton, "City Loop", ''Variety'', 9 July 2000
accessed 15 November 2012

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