Done Dirt Cheap
Debbie Carmody
Australia 2007
5 min
In a pub in Kalgoorlie, the mining capital of Western Australia, Lenny, an unsuspecting tourist walks into a conversation between Amos, a gold digger, and two miniers. He purchases a nugget from the digger for what he thinks is a bargain price.
What he is not aware of is the ingenious way Amos makes money - he spray-paints ordinary pieces of rocks into nuggets and engages the two larrikin miners to help him sell his 'gold'.
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| Release dates | May 5, 2007 - Australia (World premiere on the Message Sticks Indigenous Film Festival) | ||
| Video/DVD Release Date | 2007, Bit of Black Business | ||
| Awards | not available | ||
| Rating | G - general | ||
| Language level | medium | ||
| Distributor | Flickerfest | ||
| Soundtrack | Andrew Lancaster, David McCormack | ||
| Genre | Comedy | ||
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"Based on a yarn, Done Dirt Cheap is a reflection of the type of characters you see in the Western Australian Goldfields. I wanted to give the audience an insight into a world that's not often seen within wider Australia - a Super Pit with huge machinery taking the wealth of the earth, and a man from the land getting in on the mining money-making action."
— Debbie Carmody (source: programs.sbs.com.au)
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