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

pizza delivery Pizza delivery is a service in which a pizzeria or pizza chain Delivery (commerce), delivers a pizza to a customer. An order is typically made either by telephone, or over the internet, in which the customer can request pizza type and size, a ...

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 (born 13 April 1979) 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 Docto ...

as Sophie *

Brendan Cowell Brendan Cowell is an Australian actor, playwright, and director. Early life and education Cowell was born in Sydney and grew up in the beachside suburb of Cronulla. He credits his mother and high school drama teacher with encouraging him to ...

as Robert *Kellie Jones as Erin * Hayley McElhinney 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 als ...

as Stacey *

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as Mr Maxwell *

Jason Gann Jason Gann is an Australian-born 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. Biography ...

as Boy Hoon *

Sam Atwell Samuel Atwell (born 6 April 1979) is an Australian actor, producer, writer and director. Born in Nambour, Queensland, he and his family lived in Indonesia for 6 years before returning to Queensland where he grew up in Brisbane. He has always h ...

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 '' Fresh Air (film)'', '' A Wreck A Tangle'', ''

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''. 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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