The quirky Kerrigan family lives together in a makeshift home they built themselves – with great pride and a bizarre attention to detail – a few yards from the edge of Melbourne, Australia's busy Tullamarine Airport. When a building inspector condemns the building and reveals that the government plans to use their land for an airport expansion, Darryl Kerrigan and his brood recruit hack attorney Dennis Denuto and prepare themselves for the fight of their lives.
Acting
Michael Caton's everyman magnetism
Writing
The Constitution 'vibe' argument — iconic nonsense
Production
Shot in 11 days on a shoestring budget
Director
Rob Sitch
Michael Caton
Darryl Kerrigan
Anne Tenney
Sal Kerrigan
Stephen Curry
Dale Kerrigan
Anthony Simcoe
Steve Kerrigan
Sophie Lee
Tracy Kerrigan
Wayne Hope
Wayne Kerrigan
Tiriel Mora
Dennis Denuto
Eric Bana
Con Petropoulous
Charles Tingwell
Lawrence Hammill
Robyn Nevin
Federal Court judge
Costas Kilias
Farouk
Bryan Dawe
Ron Graham
Lynda Gibson
Evonne
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The house was a real derelict property scheduled for airport demolition; the filmmakers had to rebuild parts of it just to shoot.
This became Australia's most quoted film — 'How's the serenity?' entered the national lexicon, and the Kerrigan family was invited to open the actual Tullamarine Airport extension in 2005.
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