Rats in the Ranks

Sep 5 1996 N/A NA
Documentary

Every September Sydney's inner-suburban Leichhardt Council re-elects it mayor. Incumbent Larry Hand was popular with the citizenry but they don't vote for mayor - the 12 councillors do - and after three years of Larry, at least four councillors were after his job. When film-makers Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson settled in at Leichhardt Council in early 1994 the knives were already being sharpened. A battle royal was in the making, and so it came to pass. By the end of September Larry had fought the fight of his life, with Connolly and Anderson documenting every bit of it on film. Ambition, courage, envy, hatred, loyalty, betrayal, disaster, triumph... in other words, a classic study in politics.

Plot

If this wasn't a documentary, I would have to laugh and applaud the great casting and acting... and what a script! However, a documentary it is, and that is the saddest thing I have ever heard. I have never been gladder that I don't live in Sydney.

Written by

N/A

Directed by

Robin Anderson, Bob Connolly

Cast

Larry Hand

Crew

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Production Countries

Australia

Production Companies

Channel 4 Television, Film Australia, Arundel Films, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, La Sept-Arte

Languages

English

Awards

3 wins

Scores
# of Votes
171
Average Rating
8.2 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA