''Crooked Business'' is a feature film by
Chris Nyst
Chris Nyst (born November 1953) is an Australian solicitor and crime fiction writer.
Legal career
Nyst attended the University of Queensland and was awarded a Law Degree and in 1977 he was admitted as a solicitor in the Queensland Supreme C ...
, a criminal lawyer. It is a comedy of errors set in
Australia's
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Gold Coast
Gold Coast may refer to:
Places Africa
* Gold Coast (region), in West Africa, which was made up of the following colonies, before being established as the independent nation of Ghana:
** Portuguese Gold Coast (Portuguese, 1482–1642)
** Dutch G ...
. It opened in Australia on 15 October 2008.
Plot
The movie stars small-time hustler Elmo, and his best friend 'Stand-Up' Stevie, a used car dealer with questionable ethics. Stevie finds himself in trouble when he sells a counterfeit gold watch to biker Russian Tony. To buy his way out, Stevie agrees to do a job for local hood 'Bondi Bob' McLean. All he has to do is fly to Melbourne to pick up some stolen jewels in a briefcase.
When Stevie and Elmo arrive to collect the briefcase, a gunfight breaks out. The pair escape, but in the confusion, leave with the wrong briefcase - one belonging to Peter Cho, a Chinatown villain with a deadly reputation. The briefcase contains a rare go-fast potion said to turn any average horse into a race winner. The only thing to do is
trade off
A trade-off (or tradeoff) is a situational decision that involves diminishing or losing one quality, quantity, or property of a set or design in return for gains in other aspects. In simple terms, a tradeoff is where one thing increases, and anot ...
with Cho.
Cast
*
Teo Gebert
Teo Gebert (born 2 September 1974) is an Australian actor who has appeared in numerous film, television and theatre roles, best known as a regular presenter of Play School.
Personal life
Gebert comes from a theatrical background. , "... my fa ...
- Elmo
*
Anthony Wong - Peter Cho
*
Firass Dirani
Firass Dirani (born 1984) is an Australian film and television actor.
Early life
Dirani was born in Sydney in 1984, and is of Lebanese descent.
Career
Dirani pursued his acting career in Hollywood before receiving a call to play the role o ...
- Stevie
* Kelly Atkinson - Cher
* Brad McMurray - Big Elvis
* Christopher Naismith - Pierre
* Chris Betts - Bondi Bob
* Bertrand Doeuk - Wang
*
Anh Do - Benny Wing
* Jay Laga'aia - Pickaxe
* Hugh Parker - London Mick
* Scott Corfield - Maurice
Production
The movie was produced on a $1 million AU budget and shot entirely on location around Australia's Gold Coast, over five weeks of shooting. Many of the film's extras were friends and clients of Nyst's law firm, working as volunteers. Producer Scott Corfield said the lack of funds required calling in favours "from all over town".
Box office
''Crooked Business'' grossed $27,804 at the box office in Australia.
''Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office''
External links
IMDb - ''Crooked Business''
References
2008 films
Australian comedy films
2000s English-language films
2008 comedy films
2000s Australian films
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