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The Castle
MEANRANK
79/100
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Mostly agreed
Lowest is Kinopoisk on 66, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 92.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →The quirky Kerrigan family lives together in a makeshift home they built themselves – with great pride and a bizarre attention to detail – a few yards from the edge of Melbourne, Australia's busy Tullamarine Airport. When a building inspector condemns the building and reveals that the government plans to use their land for an airport expansion, Darryl Kerrigan and his brood recruit hack attorney Dennis Denuto and prepare themselves for the fight of their lives.
Details
- Director
- Rob Sitch
- Writers
- Jane Kennedy, Rob Sitch, Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner
- Studio
- Working Dog, Village Roadshow
- Released
- 10 April 1997
- Country
- Australia
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $800.0K
- Box office
- $861.8K
- Awards
- 5 wins, 14 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 19 →5 wins from 19 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| AACTA Award (1997 AFI Awards) 1997 | Best Original Screenplay | Santo Cilauro | Winner |
| AACTA Award (1997 AFI Awards) 1997 | Best Original Screenplay | Tom Gleisner | Winner |
| AACTA Award (1997 AFI Awards) 1997 | Best Original Screenplay | Jane Kennedy | Winner |
| AACTA Award (1997 AFI Awards) 1997 | Best Original Screenplay | Rob Sitch | Winner |
| AACTA Award (1997 AFI Awards) 1997 | Best Actor | Michael Caton | Nominee |
| AACTA Award (1997 AFI Awards) 1997 | Best Supporting Actor | Charles Tingwell | Nominee |
| AACTA Award (1997 AFI Awards) 1997 | Best Supporting Actress | Sophie Lee | Nominee |
| Australian Movie Convention 1997 | Australian Movie of the Year | Rob Sitch | Winner |
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19 awards — The Castle
×| Best Original Screenplay | Santo Cilauro | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Tom Gleisner | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Jane Kennedy | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Rob Sitch | Winner |
| Best Actor | Michael Caton | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Charles Tingwell | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Sophie Lee | Nominee |
| Australian Movie of the Year | Rob Sitch | Winner |
| Best Actor – Male | Michael Caton | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Screenplay – Original | Santo Cilauro | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Original | Tom Gleisner | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Original | Jane Kennedy | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Original | Rob Sitch | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor – Female | Sophie Lee | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor – Male | Charles Tingwell | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Independent Film – English Language | Nominee |
| Screen International Award | Rob Sitch | Nominee |
| Bronze Horse | Rob Sitch | Nominee |