Dangerous Game (1987 film)

Dangerous Game
Dangerous Game
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Stephen Hopkins
Screenplay by	Peter West
Produced by	Basil Appleby; Judith West
Starring	Miles Buchanan; Marcus Graham; Steven Grives; Kathryn Walker; Sandie Lillingston; John Polson
Cinematography	Peter Levy
Edited by	Tim Wellburn
Music by	Steve Ball; Les Gock
Release date	March 1987;
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	A$4.7 million
Box office	A$31,802 (Australia)

Dangerous Game is a 1987^[a] Australian slasher film directed by Stephen Hopkins.

Plot

Jack Hayward (Marcus Graham) is a computer hacker who breaks into a department store one night with his friends for thrills. They are soon locked in by former cop, turned security guard, Patrick Murphy (Steven Grives) who had recently been suspended from his job because of Jack and his friends. This cat-and-mouse game becomes a fight for survival when Tony (John Polson), one of Jack's friends, is murdered by Murphy, and his friends are next.

Cast

Miles Buchanan as David
Marcus Graham as Jack
Steven Grives as Patrick Murphy
Kathryn Walker as Kathryn
Sandie Lillingston as Ziggy
John Polson as Tony

Production

The set built by Igor Nay was one of the largest ever built for an Australian film.^[6]

Reception

According to Stephen Hopkins, the film sold well at Cannes because "at that time it was quite cool to be Australian."^[7]

Accolades

Award	Category	Subject	Result
AACTA Awards (1987 AFI Awards)	Best Sound	Peter Fenton	Nominated
		Phil Heywood	Nominated
		Martin Oswin	Nominated
	Best Production Design	Igor Nay	Nominated

Notes

^ many film reference books and online databases list the film's year as 1988^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Production Survey", Cinema Papers, September 1987 p66
^ "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" (PDF). Film Victoria. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
^ "Gates of Video Hell: Dangerous Game (1988)". 7 September 2020.
^ "Dangerous Game" – via IMDb.
^ "Dangerous Game - Review - Photos - Ozmovies". www.ozmovies.com.au.
^ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p244
^ Logan, Brian (29 July 1998). "Arts: Some of Stephen Hopkins's films are so bad he can't bear to watch them... But Lost In Space is different. Brian Logan meets the man who won the hearts of Heather Graham and Hollywood". The Guardian. p. 014.

External links

Dangerous Game at IMDb

[6] y film reference books and online databases list the film's year as 1988^[3]^[4]^[5]

[1] "Production Survey", Cinema Papers, September 1987 p66

[2] "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" (PDF). Film Victoria. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2009.

[3] "Gates of Video Hell: Dangerous Game (1988)". 7 September 2020.

[4] "Dangerous Game" – via IMDb.

[5] "Dangerous Game - Review - Photos - Ozmovies". www.ozmovies.com.au.

[stratton2-7] David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p244

[8] Logan, Brian (29 July 1998). "Arts: Some of Stephen Hopkins's films are so bad he can't bear to watch them... But Lost In Space is different. Brian Logan meets the man who won the hearts of Heather Graham and Hollywood". The Guardian. p. 014.

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