Horseplay (2003)

A comedy about murder, greed, lust, revenge & turf

A small-time horse trainer has successfully screwed up his life. His wife hates him, hie mistress loathes him and his father-in-law wants to kill him. With nothing to lose, he enlists the help of his best friend and concocts a plan to rig the biggest horse race in Australia.

Date of release
2003-05-22
TMDB
4.6 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Stavros Kazantzidis

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: A$140.6K

Horseplay is a 2003 Australian Comedy drama film, written & directed by Stavros Kazantzidis and co-written & produced by Allanah Zitserman, starring Abbie Cornish and Marcus Graham. The film is set around the famous Melbourne Cup horse race, in Melbourne, Australia. The film was released on 22 May 2003.

Production

The filmmakers said they were inspired by Jacobean theatre and Ealing comedies of the 1950s. Shooting began on 5 November 2001 and finished seven weeks later.

The film was part of the initial slate of five films from the Macquarie Film Corporation, others including Dirty Deeds, The Nugget, Crackerjack and Takeaway.

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