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As a vicious wild boar terrorizes the Australian outback, the husband of one of the victims is joined by a hunter and a farmer in a search for the beast.As a vicious wild boar terrorizes the Australian outback, the husband of one of the victims is joined by a hunter and a farmer in a search for the beast.As a vicious wild boar terrorizes the Australian outback, the husband of one of the victims is joined by a hunter and a farmer in a search for the beast.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 5 nominations total
Alan Becher
- Counsel
- (as Alan Beecher)
Peter Schwarz
- Lawyer
- (as Peter Schwartz)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAfter the release of the film, Russell Mulcahy received a surprise phone call from Steven Spielberg who was curious on how he achieved some of the effects in the dream sequence such as the shot of the two moons.
- GoofsThe car Beth is driving is a Ford. It has the brand tag in the front of the car in some scenes and then in other scenes, the brand tag isn't there.
- Quotes
Jake Cullen: [to Beth] There's something about blasting the shit out of a razorback that brightens up my whole day.
- Alternate versionsThe original Australian version of the film was edited down to secure a more commercial M rating (known as the "theatrical version") by removing 4 scenes of graphic violence. The cut scenes included footage of explicit gore and blood-spurts in the death of 3 of the characters plus the final killing of the razorback itself. The UK Anchor Bay and Australian Umbrella releases contain the theatrical version, though the 4 deleted scenes are available as extras on the Australian DVD.
- ConnectionsEdited into Razorback: Grisly Deleted Scenes (2005)
- SoundtracksBlue Eyes
Written by Elton John and Gary Osborne
Released by the Rocket Record Company Limited
Used by permission of Happenstance Limited and Big Pig Music Limited
Featured review
One striking shot follows the next in this monster B-movie, and the overall tone of the visuals is beautiful, I think. And there is some thick, intense atmosphere. In those departments it's so stunning that the many flaws can't ruin the film. The acting is OK all in all but there are some moments that make you want to put your head through the next wall. The action scenes and especially the ones with the razorback, a huge boar, are more or less comprehensible in that you get the basic idea of what's going on but all the crucial scenes happen between cuts, so the editing is jumpy, kind of like a TV edit. The worst example is the movie's finale and the destruction of the monster, which after an exhaustingly loud, dark, monotonous battle between man and monster plot-wise also ends on a ridiculous and schmaltzy note and so the film leaves you with a bad aftertaste. But those visuals, man, those visuals... It's kinda like a more extreme 'Alien³'. Worse plot, more stunning visuals. What else could I do but consider this a new B-movie favorite?
- Perception_de_Ambiguity
- Oct 7, 2010
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Sjekac
- Filming locations
- Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia(and environs)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- A$5,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $150,140
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $89,331
- Nov 18, 1984
- Gross worldwide
- $150,463
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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