Rebel

Rebel (1985)

He's a fighter and a rebel. She's dynamite, she's dazzling. To the world he's trouble. But to Kathy, he's a hero

This drama is set in World War II Australia, where an American Marine, Rebel is recuperating from wounds suffered in battle. He is weary of war and is intent on going AWOL and escaping from Australia. He becomes infatuated with a local singer, Kathy and pursues her. Kathy is married and initially is not interested in him, but later begins to love Rebel. Kathy receives a letter advising her that her husband was killed in battle. The local police and the U.S. Military are searching for Rebel as an AWOL soldier. Rebel arranges to escape Austalia by a cargo ship, but eventually allows himself to be arrested in order to keep the local police from arresting Kathy for harboring him

Date of release
1985-12-05
TMDB
5.4 / 10 (11)
Runtime
1h 29m
Genres
War, Romance
Director
Michael Jenkins

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: A$886.8K
  • Awards: 5 · Nominations: 9. Including: AACTA Award for Best Cinematography; AACTA Award for Best Costume Design; AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score; AACTA Award for Best Production Design

Rebel is a 1985 Australian musical drama directed by Michael Jenkins and starring Matt Dillon, Debra Byrne, and Bryan Brown. It is set in World War Two.

Production

Considerable changes were made from the play, including turning the female lead from a postal worker into a singer in a female band. It was originally hoped to cast Olivia Newton-John in this role but Debra Byrne was cast instead and made a great personal success in it.

Director Mike Jenkins decided to push the musical aspect, and went for a stylised approach in collaboration with designer Brian Thomson. The manager of Matt Dillon, who was imported to play the lead, did not like the approach, saying it was too much like a Francis Ford Coppola movie - which Thomson took as a compliment. He wanted his client to appear in a straight period film closer to Breaker Morant.

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