Redball

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Redball | image = | caption = | director = Jon Hewitt | producer = Phillip Parslow | writer = Jon Hewitt | based_on = | narrator = | starring = Belinda McClory John Brumpton Dan Wyllie Asher Keddie | music = Neil McGrath | cinematography = Mark Pugh | editing = | studio = Rough Beast Paper Bark Films | distributor = Palace Films Scanbox International | released = {{Film date|1999|04|29|Australia|1999|08|19|U.S.|df=y}} | runtime = 91 minutes | country = Australia | language = English | budget = under A$300,000<ref>[http://www.sbs.com.au/films/movie/1450/Redball ''Redball'' at ''SBS Movie Show''] accessed 15 November 2012</ref> | gross = A$30,276 (Australia)<ref>[http://www.film.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/967/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", ''Film Victoria''] accessed 13 November 2012</ref> }} '''''Redball''''' is a 1999 Australian film.

Jon Hewitt wrote the script after seeing Belinda McClory in ''Janus'', which was produced and aired on ABC TV between 1994 and 1995.<ref>[http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=2299&s=interviews Andrew L Urban "MCCLORY, BELINDA: REDBALL", ''Urban Cinefile''] accessed 15 November 2012</ref>

Most of the budget came from private sources with $100,000 from Film Victoria. The movie was shot on Mini-DV.<ref name="signet">[https://archive.today/20130112041133/http://www.signis.net/malone/tiki-index.php?page=Jon+Hewitt&bl "Interview with Jon Hewitt", ''Signet'', 27 August 1998] accessed 18 November 2012</ref>

==Synopsis== Against a background of ongoing and systemic corruption, Victoria Police detectives Wilson and Walsh are tasked with solving a series of child murders committed in Melbourne by a serial killer dubbed "Mr. Creep". The film is also dispersed with scenes about a dead body found floating in the Yarra River, where more and more senior police officials instruct it to be ignored and send further downstream, reflecting the corruption, and apathy shown by police throughout the film.

==Cast== * Belinda McClory as Det. JJ Wilson * John Brumpton as Det. Robbie Walsh * Frank Magree as Det. Chris Hill * Robert Morgan as Senior Det. Mike Brown * Dan Wyllie as Ronny Sprinks * Asher Keddie as Girl #2 * Neil Pigot as Bingo Wright

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0163178}} *[http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=2281&s=reviews ''Redball''] at Urban Cinefile *[https://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/redball Redball] at Oz Movies

Category:Australian thriller films Category:1999 films Category:Films set in Melbourne Category:1990s serial killer films Category:Australian serial killer films Category:1999 thriller films Category:1999 English-language films Category:Films directed by Jon Hewitt Category:1999 Australian films Category:English-language crime films Category:English-language thriller films