The Castle

Apr 10, 1997

1h 25m

★ 7.1

Ordinary Family. Extraordinary Story.

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Working Dog

Village Roadshow

The Castle Trailers

Cast

Darryl Kerrigan

Michael Caton

Sal Kerrigan

Anne Tenney

Dale Kerrigan

Stephen Curry

Steve Kerrigan

Anthony Simcoe

Tracy Kerrigan

Sophie Lee

Wayne Kerrigan

Wayne Hope

Dennis Denuto

Tiriel Mora

Con Petropoulous

Eric Bana

Lawrence Hammill

Charles Tingwell

Federal Court judge

Robyn Nevin

Farouk

Costas Kilias

Ron Graham

Bryan Dawe

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7.7

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6.0

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5.9

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7.1

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5.7

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6.4

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4.5

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6.7

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