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HOODWINK
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About the DVD
Director: CLAUDE WHATHAMFormat: PAL
Language: ENGLISH
Region: All
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Number of Discs: 1
Rating: M
DVD Release Date: 08/05/2006
Run Time: 90MIN
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Special features
- Brand new 16:9 transfer (ratio 1:1.85)
- •“Looking Back at Hoodwink” an exclusive interview
featurette with cast members Wendy Hughes and Kim Deacon. - •Stills and poster gallery
Synopsis
“In Hoodwink John Hargreaves delivers one of the best performances in Australian cinema”. Meaghan Morris.
Combining thrilling crime caper with unexpected romance, HOODWINK tells the extraordinary story of Martin Stang (John Hargreaves), a cunning bank robber and charming rogue who keeps one step ahead of the law by pulling off an amazing con - he pretends to be blind.
Though accorded special treatment in a minimum security establishment, Stang discovers he has hoaxed himself into trouble with the arrival of Sarah (Judy Davis in an AFI Award winning role), the local lay preacher’s sexually repressed wife who can’t help but respond to Martin’s romantic attention.
Instead of using the preacher and his inhibited wife to further his escape plans, Martin makes the mistake of confessing to Sarah that his blindness is a fraud - with unexpected consequences…
Based on the true story of Carl Synnerdahl, one of Australia’s most notorious bank robbers, HOODWINK is the story of how one man fooled the lawyers, the cops, the screws and the combined might of the prison system.
Boasting a stellar supporting cast including Wendy Hughes, Colin Friels, Michael Caton, Max Cullen and Geoffrey Rush, “Hoodwink is both intriguing and amusing with some very strong acting and a few neat twists” (The Melbourne Herald).
Combining thrilling crime caper with unexpected romance, HOODWINK tells the extraordinary story of Martin Stang (John Hargreaves), a cunning bank robber and charming rogue who keeps one step ahead of the law by pulling off an amazing con - he pretends to be blind.
Though accorded special treatment in a minimum security establishment, Stang discovers he has hoaxed himself into trouble with the arrival of Sarah (Judy Davis in an AFI Award winning role), the local lay preacher’s sexually repressed wife who can’t help but respond to Martin’s romantic attention.
Instead of using the preacher and his inhibited wife to further his escape plans, Martin makes the mistake of confessing to Sarah that his blindness is a fraud - with unexpected consequences…
Based on the true story of Carl Synnerdahl, one of Australia’s most notorious bank robbers, HOODWINK is the story of how one man fooled the lawyers, the cops, the screws and the combined might of the prison system.
Boasting a stellar supporting cast including Wendy Hughes, Colin Friels, Michael Caton, Max Cullen and Geoffrey Rush, “Hoodwink is both intriguing and amusing with some very strong acting and a few neat twists” (The Melbourne Herald).
