Spotswood

Jan 23, 1992

1h 35m

★ 5.4

An everyday story about loyalty, betrayal, lust and footwear.

Overview

Wallace is an efficiency expert, managing the high-profile downsizing of a major auto parts factory. But when he is hired to evaluate a small moccasin factory which seems from another era, Wallace has to reconsider the rapid modernization he advocates, as he is confronted by the human faces such plans hurt.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Australian Film Commission

Australian Film Finance Corporation

Meridian Films

Film Victoria

Spotswood Trailers

Cast

Errol Wallace

Anthony Hopkins

Carey

Ben Mendelsohn

Mr. Ball

Alwyn Kurts

Robert, Carey's Father

Bruno Lawrence

Jerry Finn

John Walton

Cheryl Ball

Rebecca Rigg

Wendy Robinson

Toni Collette

Kim Barry

Russell Crowe

Caroline Wallace

Angela Punch McGregor

Frank Fletcher

Dan Wyllie

Gordon

John Flaus

Kevin

Gary Adams

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