The Custodian | |
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Directed by | John Dingwall |
Written by | John Dingwall |
Produced by | Adrienne Read |
Starring |
Anthony LaPaglia Hugo Weaving Barry Otto Kelly Dingwall |
Cinematography | Steve Mason |
Edited by | Michael Honey |
Music by | Phillip Houghton |
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Country | Australia |
Language | English |
The Custodian is a 1993 Australian mystery thriller film written and directed by John Dingwall in his last directorial effort during a lifetime before his death on 3 May 2004. The film stars Anthony LaPaglia, Hugo Weaving, Barry Otto, and Dingwall's real life son Kelly Dingwall in his last feature film before he stopped from acting in 1997. LaPaglia plays Det. Sgt. James Quinlan, a police officer who attempts to bring his corrupt partner Det. Frank Church, played by Weaving, to justice.
John Dingwall claims that he wrote around 16 drafts of the script. [1]
It received three Australian Film Institute nominations.
Detective James Quinlan has left his alcoholic wife, sprouting a bloom of insecurity, anger and self-motivation within him to expose the corrupt police force that surrounds him. He abandons his straight life to join his partner Detective Church in order to get on the inside of the circle of double-agents. He secretly sides with a reporter and an Internal Affairs lawyer to expose them to the press.