When dwindling membership and increasing overheads makes a local bowling club a prime candidate for a takeover, it's all hands on deck to save the club, in what turns into an epic battle where young meets old, greed meets good and people rise to the occasion in extraordinary circumstances.
Acting
Bill Hunter's grumpy Stan is peak Australian cinema.
Writing
Mick Molloy's script balances crass and sincere perfectly.
Production
Genuine suburban bowling clubs, zero prestige, total authenticity.
Director
Paul Moloney
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This captures a specific era of Australian comedy — Working Dog Productions alumni doing low-budget heart, before everything got slick and Americanized.
The bowling clubs are real Melbourne suburban institutions; many have since closed or been converted, making this accidentally documentary.
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