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Rats in the Ranks (1996)

Rats in the Ranks (1996)

History TV Movie Documentary
Release Date: 1996, September 5
Directors: Bob Connolly, Robin Anderson
Countries: Australia
Production: Film Australia, Film Australia, Arundel Films, Arundel Films, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, La Sept-Arte, La Sept-Arte, Channel 4 Television, Channel 4 Television
Cast: Evan Jones, Kate Butler, Bob Heffernan, Larry Hand, Neil Macindoe, Trevor Snape, Harry Sidaway, Nick Origlass, Kath Hacking, Sue Stock, Christine O'Brien

Overview:

Every September Sydney's inner-suburban Leichhardt Council re-elects it mayor. Incumbent Larry Hand was popular with the citizenry but they don't vote for mayor - the 12 councillors do - and after three years of Larry, at least four councillors were after his job. When film-makers Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson settled in at Leichhardt Council in early 1994 the knives were already being sharpened. A battle royal was in the making, and so it came to pass. By the end of September Larry had fought the fight of his life, with Connolly and Anderson documenting every bit of it on film. Ambition, courage, envy, hatred, loyalty, betrayal, disaster, triumph... in other words, a classic study in politics.

Keywords:

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