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Kodak/Atlab Cinema Collection
The Cars That Ate Paris (1974)
A new 35mm print of feature is now available
Courtesy of Salt-Pan Film Pty Ltd, Kodak (Australasia) and Atlab Australia
National Film and Sound Archive National Collection
Title Number 147
Classification: M rating
Synopsis
The townspeople of the small country town of Paris, in New South Wales, make a living from cars accidents and cannibalising the wreckage. Cars are salvaged for parts and the survivors are reduced to zombies. The locals create killer cars from the recycled parts and are driven by local delinquents to prey upon civilisation.
Director: Peter Weir
Year of Production: 1973, released in 1974
Duration: 91 mins
Format: 35mm, (1:1,85) Colour
Optical soundtrack: remastered to Dolby® Digital
Production Company: Salt-Pan Films/Royce Smeal Film Productions
Producer: Hal McElroy, Jim McElroy
Screenplay: Peter Weir from a story by Peter Weir, Keith Gow, Piers Davies
Director of Photography: John McLean
Camera Operators: Peter James, Richard Wallace, Andrew Fraser
Art Director: David Copping
Editor: Wayne Le Clos
Sound Recordist: Ken Hammond
Composer: Bruce Smeaton
Cast: John Meillon (the mayor), Terry Camilleri (Arthur), Kevin Miles (Doctor Midland), Rick Scully (George), Max Gillies (Metcalf), Danny Adcock (policemen), Bruce Spence (Charlie), Kevin Goldsby (insurance man), Chris Haywood (Daryl), Peter Armstrong (Gorman), Joe Burrow (Ganger), Edward Howell (Tringham), Max Phipps (Reverand Mulray), Melissa Jaffer (Beth), Tim Robertson (Les), Herbie Nelson (man in house), Charles Metcalfe (Clive Smedley), Deryck Barnes (Al Smedley)
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