''Bad Behaviour'' is a 2010
Australian
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crime
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thriller film
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, written and directed and by Joseph Sims and starring
John Jarratt
John Jarratt is an Australian television film actor, producer and director and TV presenter who rose to fame through his work in the Australian New Wave. He has appeared in a number of film roles including '' Picnic at Hanging Rock'' (1975), ' ...
,
Lindsay Farris
Lindsay Farris is an Australian / Maori actor, writer, producer, musician, voice over artist and entrepreneur who has been labelled as one of the "young guardians of theatre".
Career Stage Work
Farris has an extensive background in Australi ...
and Dwaine Stevenson and features in supporting roles
Robert Coleby
Robert Coleby (born 1947) is a British actor who has spent most of his career in Australia. Active since the 1970s, he has over 70 film and television credits to his name. Coleby has acted on stage in numerous productions for the Queensland Thea ...
, Georgina Symes,
Roger Ward
Roger Ward (born 1936) is an Australian actor who has had a considerable career in film and television, noted for "tough guy" roles in which he often did his own stunts.
Biography
Ward was born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1936.
His car ...
,
Jean Kittson
Jean Kittson (born 1955) is an Australian performer, writer and comedian in theatre and print, on radio and television. She made her comedy debut at Melbourne's comedy venue Le Joke in a series of solo performances, and then in the stage ver ...
and Ellen Grimshaw.
Plot
The film chronicles the intersecting storylines of a variety of characters using a
Nonlinear narrative
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. Emma and Peterson are two sociopathic siblings who drift into the sleepy coastal town of Cecil Bay, on the run from the brutal gangster, Voyte Parker (
Roger Ward
Roger Ward (born 1936) is an Australian actor who has had a considerable career in film and television, noted for "tough guy" roles in which he often did his own stunts.
Biography
Ward was born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1936.
His car ...
). Over the course of the film, Senior Constable Richard 'Ricky' Bartlett (
John Jarratt
John Jarratt is an Australian television film actor, producer and director and TV presenter who rose to fame through his work in the Australian New Wave. He has appeared in a number of film roles including '' Picnic at Hanging Rock'' (1975), ' ...
) is driven violently insane, his partner, Constable Mark Brown (Dwaine Stevenson) is confronted and consumed with his wife's infidelity. Final year high school students, Chaar, Matt, Candice, Danny and Sam just want to party.
Cast
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John Jarratt
John Jarratt is an Australian television film actor, producer and director and TV presenter who rose to fame through his work in the Australian New Wave. He has appeared in a number of film roles including '' Picnic at Hanging Rock'' (1975), ' ...
as Ricky
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Lindsay Farris
Lindsay Farris is an Australian / Maori actor, writer, producer, musician, voice over artist and entrepreneur who has been labelled as one of the "young guardians of theatre".
Career Stage Work
Farris has an extensive background in Australi ...
as Peterson
* Caroline Levien as Emma
* Dwaine Stevenson as Mark
*
Robert Coleby
Robert Coleby (born 1947) is a British actor who has spent most of his career in Australia. Active since the 1970s, he has over 70 film and television credits to his name. Coleby has acted on stage in numerous productions for the Queensland Thea ...
as Clive
* Georgina Symes as Jennifer
*
Roger Ward
Roger Ward (born 1936) is an Australian actor who has had a considerable career in film and television, noted for "tough guy" roles in which he often did his own stunts.
Biography
Ward was born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1936.
His car ...
as Voyte
*
Jean Kittson
Jean Kittson (born 1955) is an Australian performer, writer and comedian in theatre and print, on radio and television. She made her comedy debut at Melbourne's comedy venue Le Joke in a series of solo performances, and then in the stage ver ...
as Jane
* Ellen Grimshaw as Chaar
Awards
References
External links
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Bad Behaviour character posters
2010 films
Australian crime thriller films
2010s English-language films
2010s Australian films
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