Rats in the Ranks (1996)
1h 33m
Running Time
September 5, 1996Release Date
Rats in the Ranks (1996)
1h 33m
Running Time
September 5, 1996Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Every September Sydney's inner-suburban Leichhardt Council re-elects it mayor. Incumbent Larry Hand was popular with the citizenry but they don't vote for mayor - the 12 councillors do - and after three years of Larry, at least four councillors were after his job. When film-makers Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson settled in at Leichhardt Council in early 1994 the knives were already being sharpened. A battle royal was in the making, and so it came to pass. By the end of September Larry had fought the fight of his life, with Connolly and Anderson documenting every bit of it on film. Ambition, courage, envy, hatred, loyalty, betrayal, disaster, triumph... in other words, a classic study in politics.
Where to Watch.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Evan Jones
Himself
Larry Hand
Self
Neil Macindoe
Himself
Robin Anderson
Director
Bob Connolly
Director
Trevor Snape
Himself
Harry Sidaway
Himself
Nick Origlass
Himself
Bob Heffernan
Himself
Kate Butler
Herself
Ray Thomas
Editor
Kath Hacking
Herself
Sue Stock
Herself
Christine O'Brien
Herself
Christine Woodruff
Music Consultant
Robert Sullivan
Sound Mixer
Details.
Release DateSeptember 5, 1996
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 33m
Box Office$200,000
Filming LocationsAustralia
Genres
Wiki.
Rats in the Ranks is an Australian documentary film released in 1996.
The film detailed the last weeks of the 1994 Leichhardt Council mayoral elections.
The filmmakers, Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson (later known for Facing the Music and other projects, but already well known) were allowed access to the innermost meetings of participants including the serving mayor Larry Hand and his Labor Party opponents. Hand's exposure to a wider audience spawned the character Col Dunkley in the successful Australian TV series Grass Roots, and Rats in the Ranks is regarded as a classic in its portrayal of local politics in Australia.