Cut (2000 film)
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| Directed by | Kimble Rendall |
| Written by | Dave Warner |
| Produced by | Bill Bennett Martin Fabinyi Jennifer Cluff |
| Starring | Molly Ringwald Kylie Minogue Tiriel Mora |
| Cinematography | David Foreman |
| Edited by | Henry Dangar |
| Music by | Guy Gross |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Mushroom Pictures Trimark Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 82/98 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Cut is a 2000 Australian comedy horror film, which was directed by Kimble Rendall and stars Kylie Minogue, Molly Ringwald and Tiriel Mora.[1]
Plot
Fed up with Brad's (Frank Roberts) on-screen antagonist's foul-ups, his director, Hilary Jacobs (Kylie Minogue), publicly humiliates him and fires him on the spot in front of onlookers. Her further degrading of him (as he comes hoping for one more chance) in her office causes this actor to go berserk, mutilating himself before cutting out her tongue using the modified prop shears as his real-life signature weapon. Before he could harm anyone else, his co-star Vanessa Turnbill (Molly Ringwald) gives him a makeshift tracheotomy which ends in Brad being seemingly electrocuted as P.A. man Lossman (Geoff Revell) looks on. But as Brad dies it seems he curses the source of his misery: Hot Blooded and all who would work on it. Now in present-day Australia, Lossman is a teacher using his personal experiences as warnings to his students that any attempts to complete filming or even screening of Hot Blooded! has ended up with lives being lost in mysterious and disturbing ways (like a producer being suspiciously electrocuted in an editing room or a director mysteriously discovered with his throat slit). But some of his pupils decide such a chance is too much of a temptation and despite his better wishes they decide to try to finish the film as a graduation grade. They contact Vanessa Turnbill to co-star; she is persuaded by her agent to go back to Australia; when she arrives at the airport she is greeted by Raffy and Hester who take her to a press conference to give the film publicity; while being interviewed a local reporter asks Vanessa if she is worried about the curse on the film, she passes off the question with a joke saying that "Oh if I die, I get paid extra".
As the crew makes the movie, the Scarman kills several of them. He is eventually defeated when the work print is burnt in a fire.
During the finished film's premiere. The Scarman comes out of the print.
Cast
| Actor / Actress | Character |
|---|---|
| Molly Ringwald | Vanessa Turnbill / Chloe |
| Jessica Napier | Raffy Carruthers |
| Frank Roberts | Brad / Scarman |
| Kylie Minogue | Hilary Jacobs |
| Geoff Revell | Lossman |
| Simon Bossell | Bobby Doog |
| Stephen Curry | Rick Stephens |
| Sarah Kants | Hester Ryan |
| Cathy Adamek | Julie Bardot |
| Steve Greig | Jim Pilonski |
| Sam Lewis | Damien Ogle |
| Matt Russell | Paulie Morrelli |
| Erika Walters | Cassie Woolf |
| Phyllis Burford | Martha |
| Peter Green | Sen Det Hollander |
| Caroline Mignon | Detective Lucy Carter |
| Edwin Hodgeman | Mr. Drivett |
| Tiriel Mora | Archives Projectionist |
| Don Barker | Original Producer |
| Scott Heysen | Original Director |
| Bronwyn James | Forensic Supervisor |
| Pamela Shaw | Lecturer |
| Paul Blackwell | Vanessa's Manager |
| Huong Nguyen | Cleaner |
| Dominic Pedlar | TV Reporter |
| Patrick Frost | TV Reporter |
| Holly Myers | TV Reporter |
| Rebecca Green | Extra |
| Flower Knutas | Extra |
| Vanessa King | Extra |
Production
It was also shot in South Australia in the Adelaide region.
Box office
Cut grossed $501,979 at the box office in Australia.[2]