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Release Date:
May 11, 2000
Original Title:
Sample People
Alternate Titles:
Witzige Leute
Образцовые люди
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Living Motion Pictures
South Australian Film Corporation
Production Countries:
Australia
Ratings / Certifications:
AU: MA 15+ GB: 18
Runtime: 93
Sample People is an upbeat dramatic thriller that follows four groups of Sydney-siders as they seek escape routes over one sweltering weekend. 'Len the dreamer' who stutters shyly just wants the gorgeous DJ Lush Puppy. Sem is a funky musician who has a premonition warning him that his girlfriend, Cleo, is in danger. He just wants to get them both out of their inner-city world. Andy is the charismatic drifter who's conned his way through life and stolen money from his boss, TT. He just wants to head up the coast with TT's girlfriend, Jess, but seems to be falling deeper into a love triangle of drugs and delusion. Finally, there's Joey, a TV affected homeboy, who reveals to his best friend Gus that he's got a gun and will use it sooner or later. The inevitable moment will arrive whin his violent gangster fantisies become reality. As the lives of our heroes become dramatically entwined, the consequences of their actions ricochet off each other.
ADR Editor:
Pete Best
Additional Dialogue:
Anthony O'Connor
Rick Kalowski
Additional Third Assistant Director:
Kath McIntyre
Art Direction:
Tony Cronin
Michelle McGahey
Assistant Camera:
Michael Bambacas
Sam Collins
Lachlan Milne
Assistant Grip:
Rick Belfield
Assistant Sound Designer:
Martin Potter
Assistant Sound Engineer:
Rory McGregor
Associate Producer:
Gregory J. Read
Boom Operator:
Robert 'Gotch' Cutcher
Camera Car:
Peter Itsines
Camera Operator:
David Foreman
Carpenter:
Kevin Jarrett
Casting:
Gregory Apps
Cinematography:
David Foreman
Clapper Loader:
Michael Bambacas
Costume Design:
Ruth De la Lande
Dialogue Editor:
Sara-Jane van Gyen
Director:
Clinton Smith
Dolby Consultant:
Bruce Emery
Maggie Longmore
Editor:
Frans Vandenburg
Executive Producer:
Jonathan Shteinman
First Assistant Director:
David Wolfe-Barry
Focus Puller:
Craig 'Rags' Philpot
Foley Artist:
John Simpson
Foley Recordist:
Tony Young
Grip:
Chris Davies
Key Grip:
Marcus Bosisto
Line Producer:
David Lightfoot
Makeup & Hair:
Tina Gordon
Jennifer Lamphee
Makeup & Hair Assistant:
Jodee Lenaine-Smith
Fiona Rees-Jones
Makeup Trainee:
Bianca Panizza
Belinda Zollo
Music:
Rafael May
Painter:
Ben Resch
Post-Production Manager:
Gregory J. Read
Producer:
Barton Smith
Emile Sherman
Production Design:
Michelle McGahey
John Santucci
Production Manager:
David Lightfoot
Property Buyer:
Tony Cronin
Sarah Abbey
Props:
Sophie Tarney
Runner Art Department:
Peter Santucci
Mark Aitchison
Second Assistant Director:
Clair Parker
Second Unit Director of Photography:
Tom Gleeson
Set Dresser:
Helen Lucy Moss
Sarah Abbey
Sophie Tarney
Peter Santucci
Jennifer Drake
David Swanson
Sound:
Pete Best
Sound Designer:
Pete Smith
Sound Editor:
Pete Smith
Sound Effects Editor:
Pete Smith
Sound Mixer:
Pete Smith
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Pete Smith
Sound Recordist:
Des Kenneally
Phil Cole
Special Effects Assistant:
Bradd Buckley
Special Effects Coordinator:
Vic Wilson
Standby Property Master:
Andrew Gibbs
Still Photographer:
Matt Nettheim
Storyboard Artist:
Kaldon Smith
Brendan Winter
Charlie Hill-Smith
Supervising Sound Editor:
Pete Smith
Tattooist:
John Penglase
Third Assistant Director:
Jamie Nicolai
Unit Manager:
John Fairhead
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