A Peter and Michael Spierig Film
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AWARDS
·
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
OF INTERVIEWS
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
OF FILM REVEIWS
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WEB
PRESENCE & AVALIBILITY OF INFOMATION
PART TWO
· PRODUCTION AND RELEASE OF UNDEAD
· HOW DOES UNDEAD FIT IN THE ZOMBIE GENRE
· HOW DOES UNDEAD FIT INTO THE
AUSTRALIAN FILM LANDSCAPE
CAST & CREW
CAST
Felicity Mason - Rene
Mungo McKay - Marion
Rob Jenkins -
Wayne
Lisa Cunningham - Sallyanne
Emma Randall - Molly
Dirk Hunter - Harrison
CREW
Directors - Peter & Michael Spierig
Producers - Peter & Michael Spierig
Written by - Peter & Michael Spierig
Film editing - Peter & Michael Spierig
Original Music by - Cliff Bradley
Director of Photography
- Andrew Strahorn
Casting - Ben Parkinson
Production Design - Matthew Putland
Costume Design - Chintamani aked
Special Makeup effects artist
- Steven Boyle
Production Manager - Ben Parkinson
Production Assistant - Emma Reynolds
RELEASE DATES
UNDEAD IS SET FOR RELEASE IN 20 DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES,
MOSTLY
STRAIGHT TO VIDEO/ DVD. MOST RELEASE DATES ARE
UNKOWN EXCEPT FOR:
CINEMA RELEASE:
AUSTRALIA - September 4th 2003
(Distributed by IMAGINE ENTERTAINMENT)
JAPAN - March 20th 2004
( Distributed by
ART PORT INC.)
USA - January
3rd 2004
( Distributed by LIONS
GATE FILMS)
VIDEO/DVD RELEASE:
AUSTRALIA -
December 22nd 2003
OTHER COUNTRIES IT
WILL BE RELEASED IN INCLUDE:
SPAIN
(distributed by TOT MEDIA), NORTH AMERICA,
UNITED
STATES, UNITED KINGDOM ,
FRANCE (distributed
by CTV INTERNATIONAL)
AND
CANADA(Distributed by Lions Gate Films Inc)
THE FILMED WAS ALSO VIEWED AT FILM
FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD
SOME OF THESE INCLUDED:
TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL
FANTASIA
FILM FESTIVAL (NORTH AMERICA)
FANTASY
FILM FESTIVAL (GERMANY)
50TH
SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL
BRISBANE
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
MELBOURNE
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
LEEDS
FILM FESTIVAL (BRITIAN)
STOCKHOLM
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (NORTHERN EUROPE)
SITGES
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
AWARDS
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (MIFF)
2003
BEST AUSTRALIAN FILM
UNDEAD WON THE ‘FIPRESCI AWARD’ AT 2003
MELBOURNE
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The FIPRESCI
Award is given to “emerging Filmmakers from South-East Asian Region outdoing
ten other contenders from the Asia-Pacific region. international jury said that
UNDEAD won “for daring to be everything that Australian films are not supposed
to be — part of a popular, disreputable genre. We commend it as an
entertainment that is also political, while showing the pleasure of hands-on
filmmaking.”
GOLD-
IN THE FEATURE FILM DIVISION 2002 –
AUSTRALIAN CINEMATOGRAPHERS SOCIETY AWARD
(ANDREW STRAHORN)
NOMINTATED
FOR BEST FILM SOUNDTRACK –
QUEENSLAND “SUNNIE” AWARDS
(CLIFF BRADLEY)
NOMINATED
INTERNATIONAL FANTASY FIILM
BEST
FILM - FANTASPORTO, PORTUGAL
(PETER SPIERIG, MICHAEL SPIERIG)
NOMINATED IF AWARDS-
AUSTRALIA INDEPENDENT SPIRIT
AWARD
(PETER
SPIERIG, MICHAEL SPIERIG)
2003 AUSTRALIAN SCREEN SOUND GUILD—
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
(TONY VACCHER) – winner)
CAST & CREW WEB PAGES
Here are some links for UNDEAD Cast & Crew…
THE OFFICIAL SITE – www.undeadmovie.com
CAST PAGES
Mungo McKay (Marion) http://www.mungomckay.com
CREW PAGES
Director of Photography- Andrew
Strahorn (http://www.andystrahorn.com
)
Music Composer – Cliff Bradley (http://www.cliffbradley.com
)
Web Presence &
Availability of Information
Undead
was an independent film released in 2003,
because
of this, its presence in books was some what
limited. The film itself, while touring the
film festivals
and
indie cinema circuit, never made it into the mainstream
cinema. Therefore
information about this movie at the
current stage appears to be in journals,
newspaper articles,
and of course the ever
abundant (if not always accurate)
internet. My research
admittedly was mainly
dependent on the internet, this was due to lack
of other resources. As I said
before this movie is an
independent film, it received such wide coverage over
the internet more likely
due to it’s genre.
Good Zombie films of the
past,
such as those by Romero,
Raimi and Jackson,
have received cult status. Thus setting the bar,
and the pattern all Zombie movies since have
followed.
(see How does Undead fit
into the Zombie Genre)
Last revised: April 22nd 2004