6.5
The Hard Word
The Hard Word
, 2002Australia, Great Britain / Thriller, Drama, Comedy, Crime / 18+
Cast
Guy Pearce
Dale
Rachel Griffiths
Carol
Joel Edgerton
Shane
Rhondda Findleton
Jane
Kate Atkinson
Pamela
Vince Colosimo
Kelly
Paul Sonkkila
O'Riordan
Robert Taylor
Frank
Kym Gyngell
Paul
Film details
Country
Australia / Great Britain
Runtime
1 hour 42 minutes
Production year
2002
World premiere
30 May 2002
Release date
| 29 January 2004 | Russia | ||
| 30 May 2002 | Australia | ||
| 29 January 2004 | Belarus | ||
| 12 September 2003 | Great Britain | ||
| 22 August 2002 | Israel | ||
| 29 January 2004 | Kazakhstan | ||
| 27 June 2003 | USA | ||
| 29 January 2004 | Ukraine |
MPAA
R
Worldwide Gross
$2,085,562
Production
Alibi Films, Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC), Wildheart Films
Also known as
The Hard Word, Blood & Guts, Blood and Guts, El gran golpe, Kemény meló, O Grande Roubo, Pankkiryöstäjät, The Australian Job, The Hard Word - L'ultimo colpo, Twentyman, Twentyman Brothers, Σκληρές κουβέντες, Слово вора, トエンティマン・ブラザーズ
Showtimes
Currently, the film is not showing in cinemas, but we can send you a message when this animated film returns to the box office.
Interesting facts
The film's title 'The Hard Word' refers to a form of Australian slang (cant or cryptolect) that the film's central protagonists use when speaking to one another in prison or "on the job". This speech is known as Retchab Klat (Rech-tub kay-lat) 'Butcher Talk'. Words are written backwards while digraphs and plural endings remain intact. It developed among butchers as a way of covertly ogling or making fun of certain customers without attracting attention. It is an old-time butchers' language that is still used in some small rural Australian towns today.
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