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The fantastic Aussie Crime-Thriller and Sundance Favorite ANIMAL KINGDOM gets a trailer!

Published at:  Mar 26, 2010 1:40:09 AM CDT

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. One of the highlights of Sundance this year was this flick, Animal Kingdom. It's directed by David Michod, part of Nash Edgerton's group that also produced THE SQUARE and another Sundance hit (and one of my favorites of the year so far) HESHER. In fact, Michod wrote Hesher for I LOVE SARAH JANE's Spencer Susser.

I'm telling you, this group is putting out some of the best films out now. They all have a bizarre '70s feel to them, but don't feel like throwbacks or like they're nodding their heads so hard at that era of filmmaking that they almost roll off.

The flick's about a kid whose junkie mother ODs and he's forced to move in with this radically criminalized family. The detectives, led by Guy Pearce, trying to nail the head of the household (Ben Mendelsohn) naturally see this kid, newcomer James Frecheville, as their ticket to finally putting Mendelsohn behind bars. Take a look at the trailer:





Joel Edgerton is great in this flick... he's the one who has been tapped, quite smartly I might add, by Universal to headline their THING prequel/reboot/whatever. I also loved Jacki Weaver as the matriarch of the family... she looks like Harley Quinn's mom to me.

So, yes... See this movie when it opens near you. We'd be better off if movies like this made a bajillion dollars. Thanks again to for the embed!

-Quint
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• Mar 26, 2010 1:44:41 AM CDT

  no subject

  by saint seiya

  looked good but that music was no bueno .

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  Content looked good but that music was no bueno .

• Mar 26, 2010 1:59:52 AM CDT

  VB tastes like cats piss

  by catlettuce4

  Thanks Quint for keeping this Aussie living abroad in the loop. I have never even heard of this. Biggest question though is Peter Phelps in this? As it is not a true Oz movie unless it has Peter Phelps.

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  Content Thanks Quint for keeping this Aussie living abroad in the loop. I have never even heard of this. Biggest question though is Peter Phelps in this? As it is not a true Oz movie unless it has Peter Phelps.

• Mar 26, 2010 2:05:34 AM CDT

  Guy Pearce

  by bass ackwards

  Seems like he's been taking a lot of smaller roles in interesting projects, such as this one (I'm assuming its a smaller role by the way he's credited as "And Guy Pearce"), Hurt Locker, The Road. Though he's got a lot of good looking projects on his 2010 plate (The Hungry Rabbit Jumps especially sounds interesting), be curious to see if he starts picking up some meatier roles or if he's just happy to lend his name and talents with these smaller roles.

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  Content Seems like he's been taking a lot of smaller roles in interesting projects, such as this one (I'm assuming its a smaller role by the way he's credited as "And Guy Pearce"), Hurt Locker, The Road. Though he's got a lot of good looking projects on his 2010 plate (The Hungry Rabbit Jumps especially sounds interesting), be curious to see if he starts picking up some meatier roles or if he's just happy to lend his name and talents with these smaller roles.

• Mar 26, 2010 2:45:59 AM CDT

  Looks good

  by king sweyn forkbeard

  I'm a sucker for all the Walsh St/Underbelly/Chopper type Melbourne crime stuff so I'll certainly be catching this.

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  Content I'm a sucker for all the Walsh St/Underbelly/Chopper type Melbourne crime stuff so I'll certainly be catching this.

• Mar 26, 2010 3:57:51 AM CDT

  a 'tache that just won't quit

  by mojination

  Fuckin A! loving the trailer.

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  Content Fuckin A! loving the trailer.

• Mar 26, 2010 4:24:57 AM CDT

  catlettuce4

  by red_weed

  I don't think living here would keep you in the loop up and coming aussie movies. We only hear about them 5 years after they were made and won prizes at some mysterious and exotic film festival far far away.

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  Content I don't think living here would keep you in the loop up and coming aussie movies. We only hear about them 5 years after they were made and won prizes at some mysterious and exotic film festival far far away.

• Mar 26, 2010 4:34:50 AM CDT

  Really nice guy

  by sonofmccorriston

  David Michod that is. He did a Q @ A last week at my school and we got to see his two short films and this doco that he helped editted. His short films got him the funding he needed fo Animal Kingdom. Yet the best thing was that he was a approachable guy and really understood our position of students.

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  Content David Michod that is. He did a Q @ A last week at my school and we got to see his two short films and this doco that he helped editted. His short films got him the funding he needed fo Animal Kingdom. Yet the best thing was that he was a approachable guy and really understood our position of students.

• Mar 26, 2010 5:10:05 AM CDT

  cool

  by chipps

  great cast. looks good.

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  Content great cast. looks good.

• Mar 26, 2010 6:29:44 AM CDT

  This looks good.

  by brattyben

  Something worth seeing.

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  Content Something worth seeing.

• Mar 26, 2010 6:41:03 AM CDT

  Guy Pierce looks like commisioner Gordon

  by thedannerdaliel

  other than that this looks boring....

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  Content other than that this looks boring....

• Mar 26, 2010 7:02:38 AM CDT

  i like VB

  by mojoman69

  WIsh we could get it stateside.

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  Content WIsh we could get it stateside.

• Mar 26, 2010 8:01:18 AM CDT

  Looks good

  by seventh_seal

  Hope it gets a UK release.

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  Content Hope it gets a UK release.

• Mar 26, 2010 8:39:23 AM CDT

  theDannerDaliel

  by unkempt_sock

  Sorry there aren't GIANT explosions and racist robots to keep you entertained. Cocksucker.

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  Content Sorry there aren't GIANT explosions and racist robots to keep you entertained. Cocksucker.

• Mar 26, 2010 8:53:18 AM CDT

  One of THOSE trailers.

  by redcricketchase

  Wish I wouldn't have watched it. Felt pretty spoilery.

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  Content Wish I wouldn't have watched it. Felt pretty spoilery.

• Mar 26, 2010 8:55:04 AM CDT

  Another movie based on a Disney Park...great.

  by jimbojones123

  Next up Disney's Main Street USA. A timeless tale from a 1920s small town where motor cars and horse drawn buggies coexist. Wait til you see the riviting Penny Arcade scene! It all ends with an ice cream cone and a smile that will last a lifetime.

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  Content Next up Disney's Main Street USA. A timeless tale from a 1920s small town where motor cars and horse drawn buggies coexist. Wait til you see the riviting Penny Arcade scene! It all ends with an ice cream cone and a smile that will last a lifetime.

• Mar 26, 2010 8:55:55 AM CDT

  I love you Sarah Jane

  by dangerdave

  Fire in the bunghole mutherfooker

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  Content Fire in the bunghole mutherfooker

• Mar 26, 2010 11:13:03 AM CDT

  That looks great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  by supermarch

  I'd rather see that than anything else I know of coming out this year. Including Tron and Kickass.

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  Content I'd rather see that than anything else I know of coming out this year. Including Tron and Kickass.

• Mar 26, 2010 2:09:47 PM CDT

  Air Supply!!!

  by banditdarville

  Works suprisingly well in a crime movie trailer.

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  Content Works suprisingly well in a crime movie trailer.

• Mar 26, 2010 4:06:33 PM CDT

  snakes on the plane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  by frg10

  that's the credebility of AICN for me everytime I hear "lowbudget, independent, surprise hit from the unknown" ...

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  Content that's the credebility of AICN for me everytime I hear "lowbudget, independent, surprise hit from the unknown" ...

• Mar 26, 2010 4:07:09 PM CDT

  there is also HOSTEL2

  by frg10

  ne explanation here needed

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• Mar 27, 2010 10:59:52 AM CDT

  Disagree on Air Supply

  by gseif7

  The trailer "kind of" had me going, until Air Supply came on, then I was too distracted by the song to pay attention to the trailer. I kept thinking, who though putting that song in the trailer was a good idea? It didn't work for me at all.

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  Content The trailer "kind of" had me going, until Air Supply came on, then I was too distracted by the song to pay attention to the trailer. I kept thinking, who though putting that song in the trailer was a good idea? It didn't work for me at all.

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