The Castle (1997 Australian film)

The Castle is a 1997 Australian comedy-drama film directed by Rob Sitch.
It stars Michael Caton, Anne Tenney, Stephen Curry, Anthony Simcoe, Sophie Lee and Wayne Hope as the Kerrigan Family, as well as the film's lead co-stars Tiriel Mora, Robyn Nevin, Eric Bana, Costas Kilias and Charles 'Bud' Tingwell.
The screenwriting team consisted of Rob Sitch, Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner and Jane Kennedy of Working Dog Productions, all of whom were veteran writers and performers on ABC's The Late Show and The D-Generation.
The Castle was filmed in 11 days on a budget of approximately A$750,000. The film gained widespread acclaim in Australia and New Zealand, but was not widely distributed globally. It grossed A$10,326,428 at the box office in Australia.
The film's title is based upon the English saying, repeatedly referred to in the film, "a man's home is his castle". Its humour plays on the national self image, most notably the concept of working-class Australians and their place in modern Australia.
Category:1997 films
Category:Miramax films