off down the street together. Cast Noah Taylor as Daniel "Danny" Kirkhope Emily Hamilton as Sam Romane Bohringer as Anya Alex Menglet as Taylor Brett Stewart (actor) as Flip Damian Walshe-Howling as Milo Torquil Neilson as Otis Sophie Lee as Nina Francis McMahon as Dirk Ian Hughes as Iain the Socialist Robert Rimmer as Derek the Bank Clerk Sayuri Tanoue as Satomi Tiger Linal Haft as Brisbane Goon 1 Nathan Kotzur as Brisbane Goon 2 Haskel Daniel as Jabber Skye Wansey as Detective O'Neill Ivan Tatarovic as 'Uptight Ivan' Tim Robertson as Melbourne Detective 1 Robert Morgan as Melbourne Detective 2 Clayton Jacobson as Repo Man Scott Major as Welfare Officer Pascal Delair as the Bride Wendy Roberts as Cashmere Sweater Babe Graeme Carroll as Rugby man Terry Serio as Sydney Policeman 1 Steve Bastoni as Sydney Policeman 2 Chris Samios as Young Singing Skin Keeryn Gill as Walking Mother Benjamin Rich as Baby in Stroller Rani Hayman as Flower girl Stuart Nicholls as Groom Harry Brentnall as Groomsman Norris Blanks as Male Guest Jilly Ferguson as Female Guest Jon Wicks as Photographer Simon Wheeler as O'Neill's Partner Matt Dunk as Dirk's Friend Michael Fawaz as Taxi Driver Skye Gamblin as Cashmere Sweater orgasmic vocal Glenn Newnham as Brisbane Landlord phone vocal Box office The film He Died with a Felafel in His Hand grossed $820,999 at the box office in Australia. Differences between the book and the film The book is in the form of a memoir of experiences living in shared accommodations, presumably from the point of view of John Birmingham. The film, on the other hand, tells a fictional story in episodic or anecdotal form. But the book is much more episodic, anecdotal, and fragmented than the story of the film, with frequent interpolations of anecdotes and commentary from the points of view of several other people. Birmingham implies in the text that these stories were contributed to him by others. The film replaces the main narrator of the book (presumably Birmingham) with the new character Danny, and also creates the characters of Sam, Anya, and Flip largely from scratch. (In the book, it was Jeffrey whose death supplied the title.) Thus, the romantic subplots are new to the film. Also, many of the main events of the film are not in the book, such as the Penthouse story line, the Pagan ritual, the trashing of the