# Redball

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{{Infobox film
| name           = Redball
| image          = 
| caption        = 
| director       = [Jon Hewitt](/source/Jon_Hewitt)
| producer       = Phillip Parslow
| writer         = Jon Hewitt
| based_on       = 
| narrator       =
| starring       = [Belinda McClory](/source/Belinda_McClory)<br>[John Brumpton](/source/John_Brumpton)<br>[Dan Wyllie](/source/Dan_Wyllie)<br>[Asher Keddie](/source/Asher_Keddie)
| music          = Neil McGrath
| cinematography = Mark Pugh
| editing        = 
| studio         = Rough Beast<br>Paper Bark Films
| distributor    = [Palace Films](/source/Palace_Films)<br>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](/source/Belinda_McClory) in ''[Janus](/source/Janus_(TV_series))'', which was produced and aired on [ABC](/source/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation) 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](/source/Film_Victoria). The movie was shot on [Mini-DV](/source/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](/source/Victoria_Police) detectives Wilson and Walsh are tasked with solving a series of child murders committed in [Melbourne](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Belinda_McClory) as Det. JJ Wilson
* [John Brumpton](/source/John_Brumpton) as Det. Robbie Walsh
* Frank Magree as Det. Chris Hill
* [Robert Morgan](/source/Robert_Morgan_(actor)) as Senior Det. Mike Brown
* [Dan Wyllie](/source/Dan_Wyllie) as Ronny Sprinks
* [Asher Keddie](/source/Asher_Keddie) as Girl #2
* [Neil Pigot](/source/Neil_Pigot) as Bingo Wright

==References==
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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

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