The City's Edge (1983)
In an effort to come to terms with his father's death, a young man (Weaving) moves into a rooming house amidst the decaying grandeur of Bondi Beach, where he gets enmeshed in the lives of the other boarders, including a junkie, his sister, and an Aboriginal activist.
- Date of release
- 1983-01-01
- TMDB
- 5.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Ken Quinnell
Casting
- Hugo Weaving — Andy White
- Tom E. Lewis — Jack Collins
- Mark Lee — Jim Wentworth
- Katrina Foster — Laura Wentworth
Interesting facts
The City's Edge is a 1983 Australian film co-written by Aboriginal Australian writer Bob Merritt.
Production
The film was originally entitled Running Man and was never released theatrically in Australia although it was in the UK.
Merritt later claimed he preferred to "write off" the experience but says it gave him the track record to make Short Changed (1985).
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