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WITH CONFIDENT PACING, A SMART SCRIPT, AND A TOP-NOTCH CAST, ANIMAL KINGDOM REPRESENTS THE BEST THE AUSTRALIAN FILM INDUSTRY HAS TO OFFER.

Despite being no saint herself, Julia Cody has shielded her seventeen year old son, Joshua "J" Cody, from her Melbourne-based criminal relatives who they have not seen in years. After Julia dies in front of J's eyes from a self-inflicted heroin overdose, J, who is slightly detached from life, feels he has no choice but to contact his maternal grandmother, Janine "Smurf" Cody, the family matriarch, for a place to live. Smurf rules the family with a borderline incestuous love over her three sons, the quietly menacing Andrew "Pope" Cody, the hyperactive Craig Cody, and the barely of age Darren Cody. Pope and his best friend, Barry "Baz" Brown, are armed robbers, with Darren their up and coming apprentice, while Craig is a mid level drug dealer. Melbourne's Armed Robbery Squad is after specifically Pope, who is hiding out. But when the standoff between the Codys and the Armed Robbery Squad is brought up a notch.

Nominated for Academy Awards, USA (2011)
OSCAR Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role --
Jacki Weaver

Nominated for GOLDEN GLOBE (2011) --
Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Jacki Weaver

Winner of 9 Australia Film Institute awards (2010) --
AFI Award for Best Direction - David Michôd, Best Editing - Luke Doolan, Best Film - Liz Watts, Best Lead Actor - Ben Mendelsohn, Best Lead Actress - Jacki Weaver, Best Original Music Score - Sam Petty &Antony Partos, Best Original Screenplay - David Michôd & Best Supporting Actor Joel Edgerton.

Winner of SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL (2010)
Grand Jury Prize, World Cinema -- Dramatic - David Michôd

Category:

Film & Animation

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