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An expert on productivity shows wacky workers in 1966 Australia how to run their moccasin factory like clockwork, despite laying off more than half the workforce.An expert on productivity shows wacky workers in 1966 Australia how to run their moccasin factory like clockwork, despite laying off more than half the workforce.An expert on productivity shows wacky workers in 1966 Australia how to run their moccasin factory like clockwork, despite laying off more than half the workforce.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 8 nominations total
Jillian Murray
- Ophelia, Carey's Mom
- (as Jillian Murray)
- Director
- Writers
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- TriviaWhen the movie was released in Sweden in 1992 it used the Swedish title of "När toffelfabriken tystnar" which (roughly) translates into "Silence of the Slippers Factory" trying to cash in on Anthony Hopkins' success with The Silence of the Lambs (1991) ("När lammen tystnar"). The translated title also makes the mistake of using the word "slippers" instead of "moccasins" that the factory in the movie actually manufactures.
- GoofsCarey walks past two railway carriages with the word 'VLine' on them. VLine is the trading name of the State Transport Authority. It was formed in 1983 when the Victorian Railways was split into two organisations. However the film is set in the 1960s and Vline did not exist at this time.
- Quotes
First Title Card: The 1960s in Australia were a period of great upheaval, followed by downheaval and, eventually, heaval. Presiding over this indecision were great experts such as Errol Wallace and Jerry Finn. They were efficiency consultants.
- Crazy creditsPROLOGUE: The 1960s in Australia were a period of great upheaval, followed by downheaval and, eventually, heaval. Presiding over this indecision were great experts such as Errol Wallace and Jerry Finn. They were efficiency consultants.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Spotswood: Featurette (1991)
Featured review
As an American who lived in Australia for about 3 years, I found that this film captured a lot of "Australianisms" that are hard to pinpoint, but are definitely from the Australian culture and different than the US culture. Probably the most noticeable to me was the worker vs management mentality that is so much more exaggerated in Oz. One of the most ironic things I found about their culture was how much they protested that, unlike England, there was no class system down under. But, to me as an outsider it seemed very class driven but instead of upper and lower classes they were blue collar and white collar.
Overall a touching film which I always wonder how much is going right over the heads of Americans.
Overall a touching film which I always wonder how much is going right over the heads of Americans.
- polyglot-4
- Aug 7, 1999
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- Country of origin
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- Language
- Also known as
- Spotswood
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $179,469
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $52,776
- Nov 8, 1992
- Gross worldwide
- $179,469
- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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