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Horseplay is a 2003 Australian Comedy drama film, written & directed by Stavros Kazantzidis and co-written & produced by Allanah Zitserman, starring Abbie Cornish and Marcus Graham. The film is set around the famous Melbourne Cup horse race, in Melbourne, Australia. The film was released on 22 May 2003.




Plot


Lovable rogue Max Mackendrick dreams about winning big on the Melbourne Cup. Set in the colourful world of horseracing, Horseplay follows the chaotic life of a wannabe horse trainer as he deals with the turf, the ladies and everyone else out to get him.
Max is married to Alicia, daughter of a horse trainer. He is banned from a race track. In order to raise some money, he fixes a raise by having the wife of a jockey kidnapped.




Cast


Marcus Graham as Max MacKendrick
Tushka Bergen as Alicia Coxhead
Jason Donovan as Henry
Abbie Cornish as Becky Wodinski
Amanda Douge as Grace
Bill Hunter as Barry Coxhead
Natalie Mendoza as Jade
Terence Donovan as Mr Perlman
Damien Richardson as Gilles
Krista Vendy
Alyssa McClelland as Cindy Perlman




Production


The filmmakers said they were inspired by Jacobean theatre and Ealing comedies of the 1950s. Shooting began on 5 November 2001 and finished seven weeks later.
The film was part of the initial slate of five films from the Macquarie Film Corporation, others including Dirty Deeds, The Nugget, Crackerjack and Takeaway.




Reception


On the SBS Movie Show David Stratton called the film "a disappointment after the generally entertaining Russian Doll. Burdened with too many characters and too many sub-plots, plus too much violence and 4-letter dialogue, the generally excellent actors have little chance to bring the characters to life, added to which just about everyone in the film is extremely unlikable. The tone is uneven, and though there are some amusing scenes, and it's handsomely produced, this is a horse burdened with just too much baggage."




Soundtrack


"Would I Lie to You" – Deborah Conway
"Every 1's a Winner" – Kate Ceberano
"The Thrill Is Gone – Renee Geyer
"Everybody" – Abi Tucker
"The Payback – James Brown
"Now That We've Found Love" – Third World
"I See You Baby" – Groove Armada
"I Just Wanna Be Loved" – Etherfo
"You Took All I Had" – Etherfo
"Watch My Lips" – Nigel Westlake
"Relax Max" – Nigel Westlake
"Would You Kill For It" – Nigel Westlake
"Race Fixing" – Nigel Westlake
"Till Death Us Do Part" – Nigel Westlake
"Torpedo" – Nigel Westlake
"The Train Ride to Hell" – Nigel Westlake
"Don't Move" – Nigel Westlake
"Just Drive" – Nigel Westlake
"Horny Ed" – Nigel Westlake
"Ecstasy" – Nigel Westlake
"He's The Guy" – Nigel Westlake
"Case Dismissed" – Nigel Westlake




References






External links


Horseplay at IMDb
Horseplay at Rotten Tomatoes
Horsplay at Screen Australia
Horseplay at Letterbox DVD
Review of film at Variety

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